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Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
irregular
irregular UK [ɪˈreg.jə.lə r ] US [-lɚ] adjective
RULE
1. <A > formal (of behaviour or actions) not according to usual rules or what is expected
• Releasing the goods without an invoice is most irregular.
Thesaurus+: ↑Wrong
2. <A > formal In grammar, an irregular verb, noun, adjective, etc. does not obey the usual rules for words in the language.
Thesaurus+: ↑Linguistic terms and linguistic style
• That is the pattern for most verbs, but some verbs are irregular and behave differently.
• A visitor can't wander around the building unaccompanied - that would be most irregular.
• The company was sold off in a rather irregular way, as I remember.
• The enquiry showed that various financial transactions had been carried out in a very irregular manner.
• If there was something irregular about how the system was shut down, you will get this message on screen.
SHAPE
3. not regular in shape or form; having parts of different shapes or sizes
• an irregular coastline
• irregular teeth
Thesaurus+: ↑Rough, irregular and uneven
TIME/SPACE
4. not happening at regular times or not with regular spaces in between
• an irregular heartbeat
• They met at irregular intervals.
Thesaurus+: ↑Frequency and regularity - general words
5. US informal not emptying your bowels as often as you would usually
Thesaurus+: ↑Digestive disorders
SOLDIER
6. (of a soldier) fighting for a country but not as a member of its official army
Thesaurus+: ↑Soldiers and people who fight in wars
Derived: irregularly
noun countable
a soldier who is not a member of the official army of a country
Thesaurus+: ↑Soldiers and people who fight in wars
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