Word Finder - regular

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A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).

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A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.

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Bartenders usually know their regulars by name.

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A frequent customer, client or business partner.

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This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars.

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A coffee with one cream and one sugar.

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Anything that is normal or standard.

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A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.

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A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls.

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A fixed number for each month serving to ascertain the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any month.

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Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).

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regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy

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Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.

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• equable
• uniform
• unvarying

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(of a polygon) Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size

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(of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.

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Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.

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• in order
• ruly
• tidy
• chaotic
• tumultuous

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Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).

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• decent
• seemly
• well-mannered

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Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.

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He made regular visits to go see his mother.

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• cyclical
• frequent

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(grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language.

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"Walked" is the past tense of the regular verb "to walk".

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• weak

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Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.

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• basic
• common
• unremarkable

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Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.

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Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.

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Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps you regular.

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Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.

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a regular genius; a regular John Bull

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• absolute
• thorough
• unalloyed

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Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.

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a regular flower; a regular sea urchin

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Isometric.

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Riding with the left foot forward.

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(of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.

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Regularly, on a regular basis.