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re • gret 1 / ri ' gret / verb ( re grets , re gret - ting , re - gret - ted )

to feel sorry about something that you did or did not do He regrets selling his car. I don't regret what I said to her.

re • gret2 / ri ' gret / noun [ count, noncount ]

a sad feeling about something that you did or did not do Do you have any regrets about quitting your job?

reg .u .lar © / ' regyalar / adjective

happening again and again with the same amount of space or time in between

a regular heartbeat A light flashed at regular intervals .

—ANTONYM irregular

going somewhere or doing something often

I've never seen him before — he's not one of my regular customers.

usual

Who is your regular doctor?

standard, average, or normal Would you like regular coffee or decaf? He's just a regular guy.

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) A word that is regular has

the usual verb forms or plural

"Work" is a regular verb. —ANTONYM irregular

reg . U . lar . ly © / 'regysbrli/ adverb

If something happens regularly , it happens again and again with the same amount of time in between We meet regularly every Friday.

reg • u • la • tion aw / |regya ' leijn /

[count ]

an official rule that controls what people do

You can't smoke here — it's against fire regulations .

re • hears • al / ri 'harsl / noun [ count ]

a time when you practice something, such as a play or a piece of music, before you do it in front of other people There's a play rehearsal tonight.

re • hearse / ri ' hars /

( re • hears • es , re • hears • ing , re • hearsed )

to practice something, such as a play or a piece of music, before you do it in front of other people We are rehearsing for the concert.

reign1 / rein / noun [ count ]

( POLITICS ) a time when a king or queen rules a country The reign of Queen Elizabeth II began in 1952.

reign2 / rein / verb ( reigns, reign • ing, reigned ) ( POLITICS ) to be king or queen of a country Queen Victoria reigned for over sixty years.

rein • deer / ' reindir / noun [ count ] ( plural rein • deer )

a big animal that lives in very cold countries. Reindeer are brown and have long horns on their heads.

re • in • forceaw / |riin' fors /

(re • in • forc es,re • in • forc ing ,re • in forced )

to make something stronger

They used steel bars to reinforce the concrete.

reins / reinz / noun [ plural ]

long, thin pieces of leather that a horse wears on its head so that the person riding it can control it

re • ject AWL / ri 'd3ekt / verb ( re .jects , re ject ing , re • ject • ed )

to say that you do not want someone or something

He rejected my offer of help.

She got rejected from Princeton University.

—ANTONYM accept

re • jec • tion AWLl / ri ' d3ek/n / noun

[ count, noncount ]

She doesn't handle rejection very well. David got rejection letters from eight law firms.

re • late / ri ' leit / verb ( re lates , re lat • ing , re • lat • ed )

to show or to make a connection between two or more things

I found it difficult to relate the two ideas in my mind. —SYNONYM connect

relate to someone or something to be connected to someone or something

That's good advice, but it doesn't really relate to my situation.

re • lat • ed / ri ' leitad / adjective

in the same family; connected

"Are those two boys related?" "Yes, they're brothers."

re .la .tion © /n'leijh/noun