regular

Definition

  • noun: someone who goes somewhere very often
  • noun: one who is regular
  • adjective: happening over and over again at the same time or in the same way
  • adjective: belonging to a religious order
  • usually plural

Examples

  • The buses run from 4 a.m. to midnight 'at regular intervals'. [=there is the same amount of time between buses]

  • It's nothing special, just a 'regular' [='basic'] stereo. = It's just a 'regular old' stereo.

  • He is one of the store's 'regular customers'. [=customers who shop at the store frequently]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) so l thought that's how people lived: riding around in helicopters, learning how to blow shit up. But then, when my mom got busted, I got put in a regular school. The other kids were into Nintendo. Are you ever afraid? No. Not even of dying? No. (..)
    1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day