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- [noun rej-uh-muh nt; verb rej-uh-ment]
- /noun ˈrɛdʒ ə mənt; verb ˈrɛdʒ əˌmɛnt/
- /ˈredʒ.ɪ.mənt/
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- [noun rej-uh-muh nt; verb rej-uh-ment]
- /noun ˈrɛdʒ ə mənt; verb ˈrɛdʒ əˌmɛnt/
Definitions of regiment word
- noun regiment Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units. 1
- noun regiment Obsolete. government. 1
- verb with object regiment to manage or treat in a rigid, uniform manner; subject to strict discipline. 1
- verb with object regiment to form into a regiment or regiments. 1
- verb with object regiment to assign to a regiment or group. 1
- verb with object regiment to form into an organized group, usually for the purpose of rigid or complete control. 1
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Origin of regiment
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin regimentum, equivalent to Latin reg(ere) to rule + -i- -i- + -mentum -ment
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Parts of speech for Regiment
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
regiment popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
regiment usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for regiment
noun regiment
- army — An army is a large organized group of people who are armed and trained to fight on land in a war. Most armies are organized and controlled by governments.
- battalion — A battalion is a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more companies.
- cohort — A person's cohorts are their friends, supporters, or associates.
- confrere — colleague
- consociate — to enter into or bring into friendly association
adj regiment
- at liberty — free, unoccupied, or unrestricted
- autonomic — occurring involuntarily or spontaneously
- free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- freewheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
- independent — not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.
verb regiment
- break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- bring into line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- call the tune — to be in control of the proceedings
- catalogued — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
adjective regiment
- emancipated — Free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberated.
- enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
Antonyms for regiment
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