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  • 51regular —    1. in the habit of daily defecation    Laxative advertisements enshrined this use:     I ve always been regular as clockwork, and then, bingo. (Ustinov, 1971)    2. menstruating at a predictable time    There is a danger of confusion with… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 52Regular — living according to a rule; can refer to living in a monastic community or a community of regular canons See: Regular Clergy …

    Medieval glossary

  • 53regular — / regjυlə/ adjective which happens or comes at the same time each day, each week, each month or each year ● His regular train is the 12.45. ● The regular flight to Athens leaves at 06.00 …

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  • 54regular — 1. adjective /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.lə(ɹ),ˈɹɛɡˌju.lə(ɹ),ˈɹɛɡjəlɚ/ a) With constant frequency or pattern. The verb to walk is regular. b) Normal; ordinary The noun mouse has the irregular plural mice . Syn …

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  • 55regulär — a) amtlich, formell, nach Plan, ordnungsgemäß, planmäßig, programmgemäß, regelgemäß, regelkonform, richtig, vorschriftsmäßig, [wie] geplant, [wie] vorgesehen; (bildungsspr.): rite; (ugs.): ordnungsmäßig. b) allgemein, gängig, generell, gewohnt,… …

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  • 56regular — Canadian Slang used to denote a coffee with one cream, one sugar ( I ll have two double doubles and a regular ) …

    English dialects glossary

  • 57regular — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. steady, rhythmical (See regularity); normal, customary, according to rule. See order, habit, symmetry. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In accordance with custom] Syn. customary, usual, routine; see… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 58Regular — Re|gu|lar der; s, e <zu mlat. regularis »nach der Ordensregel (lebend)«, dies aus spätlat. regularis, vgl. ↑regulär> Mitglied eines kath. Ordens mit feierlichen Gelübden …

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  • 59regular — [14] Regular ‘according to a rule’ is the most instantly recognizable English descendant of Latin rēgula ‘rule’ (others include rail ‘bar’ and rule). It goes back ultimately to the same Indo European base as produced Latin regere ‘rule’ (source… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 60regular — Светлое начертание (Book, Light, Regular)     Начертание шрифта, у которого более толстые основные штрихи [доминирующий вертикальный или наклонный штрих], чем у сверхcветлого начертания, и поэтому обладающее большей насыщенностью [отношение… …

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