regiment

a military unit of ground forces: He sent three regiments into battle.
Not to be confused with:regime – a system of government; a mode of rule: a dictatorial regime regimen – regulated course, as of diet or exercise: a health regimen

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R0124600 (rĕj′ə-mənt)n.1. A military unit of ground troops consisting of at least two battalions, usually commanded by a colonel.2. A large group of people.tr.v. (rĕj′ə-mĕnt′) reg·i·ment·ed, reg·i·ment·ing, reg·i·ments 1. To form (troops) into a regiment or regiments.2. To put (things) into systematic order.3. To subject (people) to strict control and rigid order.

[Middle English, government, rule, from Old French, from Late Latin regimentum, rule, from Latin regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

reg′i·men′tal (-mĕn′tl) adj.reg′i·men′tal·ly adv.reg′i·men·ta′tion n.

regiment

n 1. (Military) a military formation varying in size from a battalion to a number of battalions 2. a large number in regular or organized groups: regiments of beer bottles. vb (tr) 3. to force discipline or order on, esp in a domineering manner4. (Military) to organize into a regiment or regiments5. to form into organized groups6. (Military) to assign to a regiment [C14: via Old French from Late Latin regimentum government, from Latin regere to rule] ˌregiˈmental adj ˌregiˈmentally adv ˌregimenˈtation n

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(n. ˈrɛdʒ ə mənt; v. -ˌmɛnt)

n. 1. a military unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions, a headquarters unit, and supporting units. 2. Obs. government. v.t. 3. to manage or treat in a rigid, uniform manner; subject to strict discipline. 4. to form into a regiment or regiments. 5. to assign to a regiment or group. 6. to form into an organized group, usu. for the purpose of rigid or complete control. [1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin regimentum= Latin reg(ere) to rule + -i- -i- + -mentum -ment] reg`i•men•ta′tion, n.

Regiment

a body of soldiers, 1579; a large number of things.Examples: regiment of old vellum books, 1860; of dogs, 1656; of mice, 1849; of secret motives, 1768; of soldiers, 1579; of watermills, 1960; of waters, 1623; monstrous regiment of women.

regiment

Past participle: regimented
Gerund: regimenting

Imperative
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Present
I regiment
you regiment
he/she/it regiments
we regiment
you regiment
they regiment

Preterite
I regimented
you regimented
he/she/it regimented
we regimented
you regimented
they regimented

Present Continuous
I am regimenting
you are regimenting
he/she/it is regimenting
we are regimenting
you are regimenting
they are regimenting

Present Perfect
I have regimented
you have regimented
he/she/it has regimented
we have regimented
you have regimented
they have regimented

Past Continuous
I was regimenting
you were regimenting
he/she/it was regimenting
we were regimenting
you were regimenting
they were regimenting

Past Perfect
I had regimented
you had regimented
he/she/it had regimented
we had regimented
you had regimented
they had regimented

Future
I will regiment
you will regiment
he/she/it will regiment
we will regiment
you will regiment
they will regiment

Future Perfect
I will have regimented
you will have regimented
he/she/it will have regimented
we will have regimented
you will have regimented
they will have regimented

Future Continuous
I will be regimenting
you will be regimenting
he/she/it will be regimenting
we will be regimenting
you will be regimenting
they will be regimenting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been regimenting
you have been regimenting
he/she/it has been regimenting
we have been regimenting
you have been regimenting
they have been regimenting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been regimenting
you will have been regimenting
he/she/it will have been regimenting
we will have been regimenting
you will have been regimenting
they will have been regimenting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been regimenting
you had been regimenting
he/she/it had been regimenting
we had been regimenting
you had been regimenting
they had been regimenting

Conditional
I would regiment
you would regiment
he/she/it would regiment
we would regiment
you would regiment
they would regiment

Past Conditional
I would have regimented
you would have regimented
he/she/it would have regimented
we would have regimented
you would have regimented
they would have regimented

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	regiment - army unit smaller than a division army unit - a military unit that is part of an armybattalion - an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies
Verb	1.	regiment - subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization; "regiment one's children"control, command - exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"
	2.	regiment - form (military personnel) into a regimentform, organize, organise - create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"
	3.	regiment - assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers"assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

regiment

noun army, company, force, unit, division, section, corps, brigade, battalion, legion, squadron, detachment, platoon a regiment of hungry customers

Translations

严密地组织兵团军队的团管辖

regiment

(ˈredʒimənt) noun a body of soldiers commanded by a colonel. （军队的）团 (-ment) verb to organize or control (people) very strictly. Children in schools are no longer regimented as they used to be. 严密地组织，管辖 ˌregimenˈtation noun 严密地组织，管辖 ˌregiˈmental (-ˈmen-) adjective of a regiment. 团的

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→ 兵团zhCN

Regiment

(1) A military unit of various combat arms and special troops in all armed services.

The regiment is an organizationally independent combat and administrative unit. There are motorized rifle, motorized infantry, infantry, tank, rocket, artillery, antiaircraft, reconnaissance, engineer, and signal regiments. Motorized rifle, motorized infantry, and infantry regiments are combined-arms tactical units. Every regiment has an organ of command and control (headquarters), several battalions or squadrons, and combat and logistics subunits. All regiments, except detached regiments, are part of larger units, such as divisions or brigades.

Regiments appeared in Russia and in Germany, France, Sweden, and elsewhere in Western Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Their organization was changed many times in the 18th and 19th centuries. In World War I (1914–18), all infantry regiments usually had three or four battalions with four companies each and reconnaissance, heavy machine gun, and service subunits. A cavalry regiment had four to six squadrons. Substantial changes took place in the organization of regiments before and during World War II (1939–45), when tank, mechanized, aviation, and airborne regiments were created. During the war, an infantry, or rifle, regiment was composed of three to four battalions and artillery, mortar, antitank-artillery, and antiaircraft-machine-gun subunits.

(2) In Russia from the 13th through 17th centuries, units of the battle formation of the field forces, divided into five to seven regiments, including the forward, large, right-hand, left-hand, guard, ambush, and ertoul (forward reconnaissance cavalry) regiments.

(3) A military unit and administrative territorial district in the Ukraine in the 16th through 18th centuries.

Registered-cossack regiments appeared in the 16th century. They were military units and were named after cities and small towns. In the 1630’s the registered-cossack regiments were administrative territorial districts. During the War of Liberation of 1648–54 this principle of troop organization was extended to the whole liberated part of the Ukraine. A hetman was in charge of the regiments. The number of regiments varied from 16 to 20. Along with them, regiments as military units also continued to exist. In Slobodskaia Ukraina (the future Kharkov Province and parts of Kursk and Voronezh provinces), five military-territorial regiments were formed in the 17th century from among the cossack population—the Sumy, Akhtyrka, Izium, Kharkov, and Ostrogozhsk regiments.

After the Armistice of Andrusovo of 1667, ten regiments remained in the Left-bank Ukraine. They were subordinate to the hetman of the Ukraine. Each regiment was headed by a colonel, who was at first elected by the cossacks and later appointed by the hetman. The colonel exercised administrative, military, and judicial authority within the territory of the regiment with the help of the host starshina, which was elected at the regimental council. A regiment was divided into from seven to 20 sotni (cossack squadrons) and had between 1,000 and 3,000 cossacks. Its territory covered an area of from 2,000–3,000 to 20,000–30,000 sq km. In the cities, administrative authority was vested in city atamans. In the villages, the peasant population elected voity, and the cossack population, atamans.

With the development of serfdom and the fusion of the host starshina with the Russian dvorianstvo (nobility and gentry), the elective system became nominal. At the same time, the Russian government gradually limited regimental self-government. By the late 18th century, the regiments ceased to exist as administrative territorial units.

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noun army

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noun army unit smaller than a division

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verb subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization

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verb form (military personnel) into a regiment

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