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单词 regular
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regularadjective

uk/ˈreɡ.jə.lər/us/ˈreɡ.jə.lɚ/

regular adjective (OFTEN)

B1 happening or doing something often:

a regular customer/churchgoer/reader/user
Professional athletes make regular appearances on TV.

More examples

  • She goes to her doctor for regular check-ups.
  • He paid regular amounts of money to a charity.
  • If you don't sort out the papers on your desk on a regular basis they just keep on accumulating.
  • There is a regular train service between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
  • I'll need regular updates on your progress.

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Frequency & regularity - general words

  • (as) regular as clockwork idiom
  • -ly
  • clockwork
  • erratic
  • fitful
  • frequency
  • frequent
  • frequently
  • irregular
  • many
  • many a time idiom
  • many's the idiom
  • more
  • oftentimes
  • on and off idiom
  • on-again, off-again
  • on-off
  • periodic
  • religiously
  • would

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regular adjective (EVEN)

B2 existing or happening repeatedly in a fixed pattern, with equal or similar amounts of space or time between one and the next; even:

Her heartbeat was regular.
The gardeners planted the trees at regular intervals.
I suggest that we have regular meetings/meet on a regular basis.

Someone who is regular empties their bowels often enough, and a woman who is regular always has her period at approximately the same time:

The doctor asked if I was regular/if my bowel movements were regular.

More examples

  • Is she paid a regular wage or is it on commission only?
  • Many companies operate regular job appraisals, often on an annual basis.
  • We see each other at regular intervals - usually about once a month.
  • The bells ring at regular intervals through the day.
  • If you don't sort out the papers on your desk on a regular basis they just keep on accumulating.

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Standard and routine

  • average
  • bog-standard
  • conformance
  • conformity
  • day-to-day
  • default
  • diet
  • institutionalize
  • orthodox
  • regularize
  • round
  • routine
  • routinely
  • set
  • standard
  • staple
  • std
  • stock
  • the daily round idiom

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Frequency & regularity - general words
Animal physiology: excrement & its excretion

regular adjective (USUAL)

A2 mainly US usual or ordinary:

Her regular secretary was off sick for a week.
I couldn't see my regular dentist.
You can use low-fat or regular cream cheese.
Do you want large fries or regular fries with that?

B1 specialized language A regular verb, noun, or adjective follows the usual rules in the structure of its various forms:

"Talk" is a regular verb but "be" is not.
a regular guy US

a normal man who is liked and trusted

regular army, soldier, etc.

an army that exists all the time, or a soldier in such an army

More examples

  • I'm not her regular secretary - I'm just filling in.
  • All the networks pre-empted their regular schedules to broadcast news of the hijacking.
  • This is not my regular lipstick.
  • Do you have these pants in a regular length?
  • He seems like a regular guy.

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Standard and routine

  • average
  • bog-standard
  • conformance
  • conformity
  • day-to-day
  • default
  • diet
  • institutionalize
  • orthodox
  • regularize
  • round
  • routine
  • routinely
  • set
  • standard
  • staple
  • std
  • stock
  • the daily round idiom

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Linguistic terms & linguistic style
The armed forces generally

regular adjective (SIMILAR)

the same on both or all sides:

He's very handsome, with regular features and deep brown eyes.
A square is a regular quadrilateral.

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Similar and the same

  • a level playing field idiom
  • affinity
  • akin
  • alike
  • allied
  • approach
  • clock
  • constant
  • equal
  • every inch idiom
  • firm
  • homogeneous
  • homogenous
  • identical
  • inch
  • resemblance
  • Rome
  • same
  • same difference idiom
  • same old same old idiom

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regular adjective (COMPLETE)

[ before noun ] informal real; complete:

The situation here now is becoming a regular disaster.
old-fashioned That child is a regular charmer/little nuisance.

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Complete and whole

  • A, a
  • a/one hundred percent idiom
  • absolutely
  • all or nothing idiom
  • all-in-one
  • all-inclusive
  • flat
  • full-fledged
  • full-length
  • fully
  • fully fledged
  • heart and soul idiom
  • plain
  • root
  • totally
  • unabridged
  • unadulterated
  • unconditional
  • uncut
  • undivided

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regularity
noun [ U ] uk/ˌreɡ.jəˈlær.ə.ti/us/ˌreɡ.jəˈler.ə.t̬i/

The same familiar faces reappear in the law courts with depressing regularity.

Idiom(s)

(as) regular as clockwork

regularnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈreɡ.jə.lər/us/ˈreɡ.jə.lɚ/

regular noun [ C ] (CUSTOMER)

someone who often goes to a particular event or place, such as a shop or restaurant:

He's one of the regulars at the pub.

regular noun [ C ] (SOLDIER)

a soldier whose permanent job is being a soldier

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Soldiers & people who fight in wars

  • Anzac
  • capability
  • combatant
  • crusader
  • guardsman
  • gunner
  • infantryman
  • lancer
  • non-combatant
  • orderly
  • para
  • partisan
  • scout
  • sentry
  • sepoy
  • serviceman
  • shogun
  • storm trooper
  • vet
  • veteran

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