regular /regˈū-lər/

1. Governed by or according to rule, law, order, habit, custom, established practice, mode prescribed or the ordinary course of things
2. Placed, arranged, etc at regular intervals in space or time
3. (of a marriage) celebrated by a church minister after proclamation of banns
4. Normal
5. Medium-sized (orig US)
6. Ordinary
7. Without pretensions (US)
8. Habitual
9. Constant
10. Steady
11. Uniform
12. Periodical
13. Duly qualified
14. Inflected in the usual way, esp of weak verbs (grammar)
15. Symmetrical, esp (botany) radially symmetrical or actinomorphic
16. Having all the sides and angles equal or all faces equal, equilateral and equiangular, the same number meeting at every corner (geometry)
17. Also (of a pyramid) having a regular polygon for base and the other faces similar and equal isosceles triangles
18. Subject to a monastic rule, opp to secular
19. Permanent, professional, or standing, opp to militia, volunteer and territorial (military)
20. (of a satellite) that keeps or scarcely deviates from a circular orbit around its planet (astronomy)
21. Thorough, out-and-out, esp (US) in party politics (informal)
22. Of the same way of thinking as the speaker, hence ready to help or abet him or her, loyal, swell (slang)
23. Veritable (informal)

1. A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows
2. A soldier of the regular army
3. A regular customer
4. A loyal supporter of the party leader (US politics)

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

1. To control
2. To adapt or adjust continuously
3. To adjust by rule

To make regulations

regulāˈtion noun

1. The act of regulating
2. State of being regulated
3. A rule or order prescribed
4. A form of legislation used to bring the provisions of an Act of Parliament into force
5. In the EU, a proposal from the commission which is approved by the council and immediately becomes law in all member states

1. Prescribed by regulation
2. Normal, usual

regˈulative /-ə-tiv/ adjective

Tending to regulate

regˈulatively adverb

regˈulātor noun

1. Someone or something that regulates
2. A controlling device, esp for the speed of a clock or watch
3. A change in the taxation rate introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer between budgets to regulate the economy

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