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regular /regˈū-lər/ adjective- Governed by or according to rule, law, order, habit, custom, established practice, mode prescribed or the ordinary course of things
- Placed, arranged, etc at regular intervals in space or time
- (of a marriage) celebrated by a church minister after proclamation of banns
- Normal
- Medium-sized (orig US)
- Ordinary
- Without pretensions (US)
- Habitual
- Constant
- Steady
- Uniform
- Periodical
- Duly qualified
- Inflected in the usual way, esp of weak verbs (grammar)
- Symmetrical, esp (botany) radially symmetrical or actinomorphic
- Having all the sides and angles equal or all faces equal, equilateral and equiangular, the same number meeting at every corner (geometry)
- Also (of a pyramid) having a regular polygon for base and the other faces similar and equal isosceles triangles
- Subject to a monastic rule, opp to secular
- Permanent, professional, or standing, opp to militia, volunteer and territorial (military)
- (of a satellite) that keeps or scarcely deviates from a circular orbit around its planet (astronomy)
- Thorough, out-and-out, esp (US) in party politics (informal)
- Of the same way of thinking as the speaker, hence ready to help or abet him or her, loyal, swell (slang)
- Veritable (informal)
noun- A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows
- A soldier of the regular army
- A regular customer
- A loyal supporter of the party leader (US politics)
ORIGIN: L rēgula a rule, from regere to rule regˈulable adjective regularity /-larˈi-ti/ noun State, character or fact of being regular regularīzāˈtion or regularīsāˈtion noun regˈularize or regˈularise transitive verb To make regular regˈularly adverb regˈulate transitive verb - To control
- To adapt or adjust continuously
- To adjust by rule
intransitive verb To make regulations regulāˈtion noun - The act of regulating
- State of being regulated
- A rule or order prescribed
- A form of legislation used to bring the provisions of an Act of Parliament into force
- In the EU, a proposal from the commission which is approved by the council and immediately becomes law in all member states
adjective- Prescribed by regulation
- Normal, usual
regˈulative /-ə-tiv/ adjective Tending to regulate regˈulatively adverb regˈulātor noun - Someone or something that regulates
- A controlling device, esp for the speed of a clock or watch
- A change in the taxation rate introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer between budgets to regulate the economy
regˈulatory /-lə-tər-i/ adjective regulating rod noun (nuclear eng) A fine control rod of a reactor regulatory gene noun (biology) A gene whose product controls the expression of other genes (cf structural gene) |