| regular | |
| 1. adj. (Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular). | |
| regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy | |
| 2. adj. Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance. | |
| 3. adj. (geometry, of a polygon) Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size | |
| 4. adj. (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other. | |
| 5. adj. Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence. | |
| 6. adj. (now rare) Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.). | |
| 7. adj. Happening at constant (especially short) intervals. | |
| He made regular visits to go see his mother. | |
| 8. adj. (grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language. | |
| The verb "to walk" is regular. | |
| 9. adj. (chiefly US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard. | |
| 10. adj. (chiefly military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops. | |
| 11. adj. Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way. | |
| Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps you regular. | |
| 12. adj. (colloquial) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright. | |
| a regular genius; a regular John Bull | |
| 13. adj. (botany, zoology) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape. | |
| a regular flower; a regular sea urchin | |
| 14. adj. (crystallography) isometric | |
| 15. adj. (snowboarding) Riding with the left foot forward. | |
| 16. adj. (analysis, not comparable, of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular. | |
| 17. adv. (archaic, UK, dialect) Regularly, on a regular basis. | |
| 18. n. A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve). | |
| 19. n. A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment. | |
| Bartenders usually know their regulars by name. | |
| 20. n. A frequent customer, client or business partner. | |
| This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars. | |
| 21. n. (Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar. | |
| 22. n. Anything that is normal or standard. | |
| 23. n. A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows. | |
| 24. n. 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. | |
| 25. n. 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. | |
