Meaning

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

  2. A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.

    Bartenders usually know their regulars by name.

    Stammgast, Stammgästin

    клие́нтklijént, клие́нткаklijéntka, завсегда́тайzavsegdátaj

  3. A member of the armed forces or police force.

  4. A member of the armed forces or police force.

    (Singapore)Synonym of regular serviceman; a member of the Singapore Armed Forces, Police Force or Civil Defence Force who has signed on, i.e., chosen to work full-time beyond their required length of national service.

  5. A frequent customer, client or business partner.

    This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars.

    Stammkunde

    постійний клієнтpostijnyj klijent, постійна клієнткаpostijna klijentka

  6. A character who appears in every episode of a TV series; a member of the regular cast.

  7. (Canada)A coffee with one cream and one sugar.

  8. Anything that is normal or standard.

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

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

More definitions
  • a garment size for persons of average height and weight
  • a regular patron
  • a dependable follower (especially in party politics)
  • a soldier in the regular army

Examples

332 sentences
  1. I'm looking for some regular work.

    Я шукаю якусь звичайну роботу. — deniko

    ruЯ ищу какую-нибудь постоянную работу. — odexed

  2. I don't have a regular job.

    У мене немає постійної роботи. — deniko

  3. I'm a regular.

    Я постійний клієнт. — deniko

  4. Is his pulse regular?

    У нього нормальний пульс? — deniko

  5. I'm just a regular office worker.

    ruЯ всего лишь обычный офисный работник. — odexed

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
frequent customer:
Русский
By meaning 1
routine visitor:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
routine visitor:
frequent customer:

Origin

From Middle English reguler, from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, a

From Middle English reguler, from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin rēgulāris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from rēgula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“move in a straight line”).

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Forms

plural: regulars

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
non-regularnonregular

Collocations

6 patterns
  • a regular customer
  • regular customer
  • is a regular
  • a regular job
  • had a regular
  • regular job

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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