irregularity

«irregularity» in Mova's school dictionary: something that is not normal, even or regular: a bump, a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an irregularity, irregularities; irregularity)

meaning for a pupil

1) An irregularity is something that is not normal, even or regular: a bump, a gap or a change from the pattern. tree →

2) (formal) Something wrong or against the rules, often in money or voting: «financial irregularities». tree →

3) Being uneven or not following a pattern. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in maths (irregular shapes and patterns), science (irregular heartbeat), grammar (irregular verbs) and formal news. It tells the reader something breaks a pattern or rule.

examples

• The doctor noticed an irregularity in his heartbeat. tree →
• Look for the irregularity in the number pattern. tree →
• There were irregularities in the election. tree →
• The irregularity of the coastline makes it hard to measure. tree →
• Auditors found irregularities in the accounts. tree →
• The tiles had small irregularities. tree →

note

Adjective: irregular. In grammar, irregular verbs do not add -ed (go → went). In maths, irregular shapes have sides or angles that are not all equal.

In the corpora

• "Irregularities" in official reports means fraud (cheating people out of money) or other wrongdoing.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «irregularity» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.