regular

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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adjective, noun
+ adjective
following pattern
1 following a pattern, especially with the same time and space in between each thing and the next: regular breathing + a regular pulse / heartbeat + A light flashed at regular intervals. + There is a regular bus service to the airport. + regular meetings / visits + The equipment is checked on a regular basis. + She writes a regular column for a national newspaper.
Antonym: IRREGULAR
frequent
2 done or happening often: Do you take regular exercise? + Domestic violence is a regular occurrence in some families.
Antonym: IRREGULAR
3 [only before noun] (of people) doing the same thing or going to the same place often: our regular customers / readers / viewers + regular offenders (= against the law) + He was a regular visitor to her house.
usual
4 [only before noun] usual: I couldn't see my regular doctor today. + On Monday he would have to return to his regular duties. + It's important to follow the regular procedure.
evenly shaped
5 evenly shaped: a face with regular features + a regular geometric pattern + He flashed a smile, showing two rows of white, regular teeth.
Antonym: IRREGULAR
permanent
6 lasting or happening over a long period: a regular job / income + She couldn't find any regular employment.
standard size
7 (especially AmE) of a standard size: Regular or large fries?
ordinary
8 [only before noun] (especially AmE) ordinary; without any special or extra features: Do you want regular or diet cola? + I just want to buy a regular white shirt-nothing fancy. + (approving) He's just a regular guy who loves his dog.
soldier
9 [only before noun] belonging to or connected with the permanent armed forces or police force of a country: a regular army / soldier
Antonym: IRREGULAR
grammar
10 (especially of verbs or nouns) changing their form in the same way as most other verbs and nouns: The past participle of regular verbs ends in '-ed'.
Antonym: IRREGULAR
for emphasis
11 (informal) used for emphasis to show that sb/sth is an exact or clear example of the thing mentioned: The whole thing was a regular disaster.
+ noun
customer
1 a customer who often goes to a particular shop/store, pub, restaurant, etc: He's one of our regulars.
member of team
2 a person who often plays in a particular team, takes part in a particular television show, etc: We are missing six first-team regulars because of injury.
soldier
3 a professional soldier who belongs to a country's permanent army

Thesaurus dictionary

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adj.

1 routine, ordinary, common, everyday, customary, accustomed, wonted, commonplace, normal, usual, traditional, time-honoured, conventional, typical, habitual, natural, familiar, standard, predictable, scheduled, fixed, unvarying, invariable, methodical:

The attack occurred while Eric was taking his regular evening stroll

2 scheduled, routine, systematic, ordered, steady, consistent, rhythmic(al), automatic, uniform, periodic, cyclic(al); hourly, daily, weekly, hebdomadal, semi-weekly, biweekly, fortnightly, semi-monthly, monthly, bimonthly, seasonal, quarterly, semi-annual, annual:

The patrol made their regular rounds, as usual. The printers' strike might delay regular publication of the magazine.

3 symmetrical, uniform, even, even-sided, equal-sided, equilateral, equal-angled, equiangular; harmonious:

Any six-sided plane figure is a hexagon, but if it has six equal angles and six sides equal in length, it is a regular hexagon.

4 undistorted, even, well-proportioned, proportional, symmetrical, classic:

He was classically good-looking, with regular features.

5 even, smooth, level, straight, uniform, uninterrupted, unvarying, continuous, flat, plane, plumb:

The surface of the wing is regular except for the spoilers.

6 dependable, methodical, (well-)regulated, (well-)ordered, orderly; proper, correct, legal, official, bona fide, legitimate, established, recognized, orthodox, approved, Colloq kosher, OK or okay:

Everything about the council election was entirely regular.

7 usual, expected, normal, habitual, accustomed, familiar:

Our regular doctor was on holiday, and we had to see a locum.

8 acceptable, accepted, estimable, fine, good, likeable, popular, pleasant:

We all consider Bob to be a regular fellow and a friend.

9 complete, utter, thoroughgoing, unmitigated, unalloyed, unqualified, consummate, perfect, thorough, absolute, well-known, acknowledged:

The man is a regular dunce when it comes to repairing cars.

10 permanent, career:

She's in the regular navy.

11 conventional, usual, common, conformable, ordinary, systematic, Colloq US ruly:

Regular English verbs form their past by the addition of -d or -ed to the infinitive.

n.

12 fixture, habitué, (steady) customer, patron, client, frequenter:

Jan has been a regular at the Star and Garter pub for years.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ frequent

VERBS

be, seem | become

ADV.

very | fairly, quite

at fairly regular intervals

² following a pattern

VERBS

be

ADV.

highly, very

highly regular patterns

| perfectly

Her face was perfectly regular.

| fairly

Concise English dictionary

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regulars'regjələ(r) /-jʊ-
noun
+a regular patron
+a soldier in the regular army
+a dependable follower (especially in party politics)
+a garment size for persons of average height and weight
adj.
+in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
+often used as intensifiers
+conforming to a standard or pattern
+(of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula
+regularly scheduled for fixed times
+in accord with regular practice or procedure
+occurring at fixed intervals
+relating to a person who does something regularly
+(used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces
+not constipated
+symmetrically arranged
+not deviating from what is normal
+officially full-time

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