(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Regular events have equal amounts of time between them, so that they happen, for example, at the same time each day or each week.
Take ~ exercise...
We’re going to be meeting there on a ~ basis...
The cartridge must be replaced at ~ intervals.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
He also writes ~ly for ‘International Management’ magazine.
ADV: ADV with v
~ity
The overdraft arrangements had been generous because of the ~ity of the half-yearly payments.
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2.
Regular events happen often.
This condition usually clears up with ~ shampooing.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
Fox, badger, weasel and stoat are ~ly seen here...
= frequently
ADV: ADV with v
~ity
Closures and job losses are again being announced with monotonous ~ity.
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3.
If you are, for example, a ~ customer at a shop or a ~ visitor to a place, you go there often.
She has become a ~ visitor to Houghton Hall.
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4.
The ~s at a place or in a team are the people who often go to the place or are often in the team.
Regulars at his local pub have set up a fund to help out...
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5.
You use ~ when referring to the thing, person, time, or place that is usually used by someone. For example, someone’s ~ place is the place where they usually sit.
The man sat at his ~ table near the window.
= usual
ADJ: det ADJ n
6.
A ~ rhythm consists of a series of sounds or movements with equal periods of time between them.
...a very ~ beat...
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ADJ
~ly
Remember to breathe ~ly.
ADV: ADV with v
~ity
Experimenters have succeeded in controlling the rate and ~ity of the heartbeat.
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7.
Regular is used to mean ‘normal’. (mainly AM)
The product looks and burns like a ~ cigarette...
= ordinary
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8.
In some restaurants, a ~ drink or quantity of food is of medium size. (mainly AM)
...a cheeseburger and ~ fries.
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9.
A ~ pattern or arrangement consists of a series of things with equal spaces between them.
...strange small rounded sandy hillocks, that look as if they’ve been scattered in a ~ pattern on the ground.
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ADJ
10.
If something has a ~ shape, both halves are the same and it has straight edges or a smooth outline.
...some ~ geometrical shape.
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ADJ
~ity
...the chessboard ~ity of their fields.
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11.
In grammar, a ~ verb, noun, or adjective inflects in the same way as most verbs, nouns, or adjectives in the language.
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ADJ