"on a regular basis" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-on a regular basis.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on a regular basis, {{en-PP}} on a regular basis
  1. (idiomatic) Regularly; occurring in regular time intervals or patterns. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: on the regular Translations (regularly): säännöllisesti (Finnish), 定期的に (teikiteki ni) (Japanese), na bieżąco (Polish)
    Sense id: en-on_a_regular_basis-en-prep_phrase-TZ-mP25B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant script codes

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