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    REGIMENT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Army unit smaller than a divisionplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("regiment" is a kind of...):

    army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)

    Meronyms (members of "regiment"):

    battalion (an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies)

    Derivation:

    regiment (assign to a regiment)

    regiment (form (military personnel) into a regiment)

    regimental (belonging to or concerning a regiment)

     II. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they regiment  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it regiments  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: regimented  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: regimented  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: regimenting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Assign to a regimentplay

    Example:

    regiment soldiers

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    Hypernyms (to "regiment" is one way to...):

    assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    regiment (army unit smaller than a division)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematizationplay

    Example:

    regiment one's children

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    Hypernyms (to "regiment" is one way to...):

    command; control (exercise authoritative control or power over)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    regimentation (the imposition of order or discipline)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Form (military personnel) into a regimentplay

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    Hypernyms (to "regiment" is one way to...):

    form; organise; organize (create (as an entity))

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    regiment (army unit smaller than a division)

    Credits

     Context examples: 

    Here Meg meant to have a fountain, shrubbery, and a profusion of lovely flowers, though just at present the fountain was represented by a weather-beaten urn, very like a dilapidated slopbowl, the shrubbery consisted of several young larches, undecided whether to live or die, and the profusion of flowers was merely hinted by regiments of sticks to show where seeds were planted.

    (Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

    She had never perceived, while the regiment was in Hertfordshire, that Lydia had any partiality for him; but she was convinced that Lydia wanted only encouragement to attach herself to anybody.

    (Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

    I heard that Barclay had married Nancy, and that he was rising rapidly in the regiment, but even that did not make me speak.

    (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    His leave of absence will soon expire, and he must return to his regiment.

    (Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

    Colonel of a damned dragoon regiment under the orders of my own younger brother.

    (Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    The officers may not be so pleasant in General —'s regiment.

    (Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

    They appear, however, to have quickly adapted themselves, and Mrs. Barclay has always, I understand, been as popular with the ladies of the regiment as her husband was with his brother officers.

    (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    But I both could and would; and then, when his life had been blasted, and he had been hounded from his regiment and from his clubs, it would be time, perhaps, for me to deal in some other way with him.

    (Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    Mr. Wickham had received his commission before he left London, and he was to join his regiment at the end of a fortnight.

    (Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

    Briefly they are these: The Royal Mallows is, as you know, one of the most famous Irish regiments in the British army.

    (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)


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