English English Dictionary

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regular in English:

1. normal or usual



2. repetitive


She left the job because the work was too repetitive. At the risk of being repetitive, I must remind you again to be careful.
I do the same thing every day. It's very repetitive.
repetitive pattern
Working in the factory involved doing a series of repetitive tasks.
The job is very repetitive. I do the same thing every day.
Assembly line workers had to do repetitive activities.
repetitive tasks like washing and ironing
e.g. my last job became a bit too repetitive
a repetitive job
Travel sickness is caused by the effect of repetitive movements.
Stacking shelves at the supermarket is boring, repetitive work.
it has to involve some kind of power imbalance, so it's not an argument between equals, and it's something that is repetitive.
The definition of repetitive is saying or doing something over and over again.
In a repetitive job you do the same thing again and again.
I like to use frameworks when I program because they save me time on repetitive tasks.

3. u


u for union
The Esperanto alphabet has 28 letters: a, b, c, ĉ, d, e, f, g, ĝ, h, ĥ, i, j, ĵ, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, ŝ, t, u, ŭ, v, z.
They were delegates from India to the U. N.
The U. N. moved to impose sanctions.
Japan stood with the United States at the U. N. Assembly.
If I could rearrange the alphabet, I would put U and I together.

English word "regular"(u) occurs in sets:

short and long vowels

4. irregular


I don't like learning irregular verbs.
His attendance is irregular.
I have an irregular pulse.
The surface of the moon is irregular.
My hobby: inventing irregular forms of verbs.
I don't think it is an irregular sentence.
When dreams begin, breathing becomes irregular and less deep.
The verb “to be” has an irregular conjugation in all languages.
And that's because this doll has irregular facial features and twisted arms of someone with a disability
Conjugation of irregular verbs - essential for those learning English.
She has a set of irregular teeth.
I broke this finger last year and now it is an irregular shape and doesn’t look the same as the others.
They didn't let me start because I was wearing an irregular gear.
It's difficult to travel because the buses and trains are very irregular.
Crushing chest pain, irregular heart beat, angina pain.

English word "regular"(irregular) occurs in sets:

Opposites and Suffixes

5. steady


A staff is used to help steady yourself when walking, much like a cane.
The nation's trade balance improved last year as exports were strong, while imports remained steady.
A steady raise in prices of basic products has been observed in the recent months.
steady job
David has never had a steady job. He has always lived by his wits.
Steady the boat so we can get on safely.
I always use the steps, but...it's scary how they wobble...so I'd like you to hold them steady.
But for your steady support, my mission would have resulted in failure.
Japanese seem to prefer picking a marriage partner as much like themselves as possible, finding a job that provides security and slow but steady advancement, and putting money in the bank.
My brother can do a nice, steady lay-up.
The steady rise in basic food prices is an acute problem which cannot be ignored.
The ​procession ​moved through the ​streets at a steady ​pace. His ​recovery has been ​slow but steady.
After some practice, the boy was finally able to steady himself on his rollerblades.
Jack is my steady. I'm in deep with him.
We turned him face up into the pouring rain, the lightning, the steady crack of thunder.

6. normal


He's just a normal junior high school student, not particularly intelligent.
That's dead normal.
Though it is true that every normal human being is able to use language, it is misleading to compare this with his ability to eat, sleep, or walk.
A normal person might spend a lifetime at it and still not succeed but faced with a determined Ren it was not greatly different from a normal cylinder lock.
In other aspects, the results of Laowang's health examination were all quite normal; it was just that his blood pressure was a bit high.
Some people are apt to think of their own way of life as the normal one and to look down on life-styles that differ from it.
The lock itself is a normal cylinder lock so it doesn't automatically lock when you shut the door.
It's an anime about a normal Japanese schoolboy who married his alien teacher. Things like this happen in Japan.
Normal sleep is made up of two phases.
Freddy's been working the graveyard shift the past month, so he hasn't been able to see any of his friends who work normal hours.
Obviously a normal woman would lose interest if she saw a book like that!
Tomorrow there will be no normal lessons, in view of the athletic meet rehearsal.
This indigenous god needs water to have a normal life, move and talk, or its body will turn back into immovable stone.
Instead of giving the money, that is the normal coin of the realm, which is the phrase that everyone used then, they would give them a token, and this token might be metal, might be wood, might be cardboard.
It gave her quite a shock, and she didn't want to talk about anything for a while. I think it'll be a while before she's back to normal.

7. continual


five weeks of continual rain
You get a sense that the learning they do is continual.
I can't work with these continual interruptions.
The result is a continual search for food in a changing environment.
For world peace, therefore, we must develop the consciousness that we are all one people of planet Earth through continual international cultural and economic exchange.
His continual boasting gave offense to everybody.

English word "regular"(continual) occurs in sets:

Part 4 (Blue)

8. customer who often goes to the same bar or restaurant



9. irregularities


When I had to learn English in school, at times I would bemoan all the irregularities and strange rules.

English word "regular"(irregularities) occurs in sets:

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