regularity
noun/ˌreɡjuˈlærəti/
/ˌreɡjuˈlærəti/
- [uncountable] the fact that the same thing happens again and again, and usually with the same length of time between each time it happens
- Aircraft passed overhead with monotonous regularity.
Extra Examples- He exercised with a regularity that amazed us.
- Rows over funding broke out with depressing regularity.
- She seems to change jobs with amazing regularity.
- Sons followed their fathers' trade with a high degree of regularity.
- The idea is to maintain the regularity of the heartbeat.
- The same mistakes reoccur with alarming regularity.
- the statistics that he quotes with monotonous regularity
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- depressing
- monotonous
- predictable
- …
- degree
- maintain
- with (a) regularity
- regularity in
- with… regularity
- [uncountable] the fact that something is arranged in an even way or in an organized pattern
- the striking regularity of her features
- Is there any regularity in English word stress?
- [countable] a thing that has a pattern to it
- They had observed regularities in the behaviour of the animals.
- the patterns and regularities of social life
compare irregularity
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