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单词 regiments
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regiment

1 of 2

noun

reg·​i·​ment ˈre-jə-mənt How to pronounce regiment (audio)
ˈrej-mənt
1
: a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions
2
archaic : governmental rule

regiment

2 of 2

verb

reg·​i·​ment ˈre-jə-ˌment How to pronounce regiment (audio)
regimented; regimenting; regiments

transitive verb

1
a
: to organize rigidly especially for the sake of regulation or control
regiment an entire country
b
: to subject to order or uniformity
2
: to form into or assign to a regiment
regimentation
ˌre-jə-mən-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce regiment (audio)
-ˌmen-
noun

Example Sentences

Verb They carefully regiment their son's diet. She criticized the way the school regiments its students by having strict rules.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The action begins in Cuba, in 1898, where Jesse, a convict sentenced to lifetime military service, is the leader of a mostly Black regiment that’s sent on a suicide mission by the racist Colonel Graham (Billy Zane). Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2022 More Ukrainian soldiers were taken prisoner from a Mariupol steel plant, as Russian prosecutors called for the regiment that was holed up there to be declared a terrorist organization. WSJ, 19 May 2022 The 22-year-old Arlington native was a field artilleryman assigned to a regiment in New Braunfels, outside San Antonio. NBC News, 25 Apr. 2022 In 2015, Andriy Diachenko, the spokesperson for the regiment at the time, told USA Today that 10 to 20 percent of Azov’s recruits were Nazis. Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022 An Illustrated History of the Irish Guards, a book written by James Wilson, which features a foreword by the Duke of Cambridge, the piece was crafted by Cartier and then presented to Princess Mary, the Princess Royal, by the regiment in 1961. Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 17 Mar. 2022 The United States has begun to deploy the 2nd Cavalry Regiment - the U.S. Army’s longest active-serving cavalry regiment in the U.S. Army - from Germany to Romania. Lorne Cook, chicagotribune.com, 9 Feb. 2022 At Faidherbe’s urging, Napoleon III signed a decree on July 21, 1857, establishing the Tirailleurs Sénégalais, a regiment in the French armed forces of Black Africans originally recruited from the area around the Senegal River. Emmanuel Iduma, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2020 Russia’s Supreme Court said Tuesday that Ukraine’s Azov regiment – which played a key role in defending the port city of Mariupol for weeks – would be declared a terrorist organization. Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2022
Verb
And so long as men die, liberty will never perish… Don’t give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you, enslave you, who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel! Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Apr. 2022 Airlines were formerly regulated as a public utility by the Civil Aeronautics Board, which regimented routes and ticket prices. Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2020 Despite being in the altitude, the practices were regimented and long. Chris Fedor, cleveland, 19 Feb. 2020 The coach explained that Tuesday’s full-court practice with the Mad Ants wasn’t necessarily part of Oladipo’s regimented rehab program and won’t be a daily occurrence still for some time, but things went well nonetheless. Nathan Brown, Indianapolis Star, 12 Nov. 2019 Schedules are set, the practices regimented, the paychecks stable. Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019 Routines are typically regimented in the hockey world. Matthew Defranks, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 Apr. 2018 Nash’s private training infuses pliability exercises and dynamic, explosive movements into otherwise regimented on-court workouts, as if yoga and basketball molded an entirely different sport. Jake Fischer, SI.com, 5 Mar. 2018 And despite bees’ astoundingly complex industriousness — not to mention their fascinating, if regimented, social lives — the tiny creatures that help put fruits, veggies, and even nuts (such as almonds) on our tables need our help. Kevin Riordan, Philly.com, 4 Feb. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin regimentum, alteration of Latin regimen

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Verb

1617, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Kids Definition

regiment

noun

reg·​i·​ment ˈre-jə-mənt How to pronounce regiment (audio)
: a military unit made up usually of a number of battalions

regiments

noun

plural of regiment
as in troops
a military unit that is usually made of several large groups of soldiers (called battalions) infantry/cavalry regiments

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • troops
  • corps
  • companies
  • wings
  • battalions
  • divisions
  • squadrons
  • squads
  • platoons
  • detachments
  • commands
  • details
  • patrols
  • commandos
  • pickets
  • outposts
  • paratroops
  • watches
  • commandoes
  • sentries
  • firing squads
  • rear guards
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