regiment B2 Topic:War & Conflict US /ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/ See IPA manual Freq #6917 Meanings 1 noun a military unit made up of several smaller groups of soldiers The regiment marched at dawn toward the ridge. 2 verb to organize or control people in a strict and rigid way The school tried to regiment every hour of the students' day. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a military unit made up of... unitbattalionbrigade 2 verb · to organize or control... organizedisciplinecontrol Word family Derived forms regimentationregimented Related forms regimenregulationrulearmy Etymology From Middle French regement or regiment, from Late Latin regimentum, from Latin regere, 'to rule'. *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European regement Middle French regimentum la-lat regō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics War & Conflict External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # regiment **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/ **Frequency rank:** 6917 ## Meanings 1. a military unit made up of several smaller groups of soldiers 2. to organize or control people in a strict and rigid way ## Examples - The regiment marched at dawn toward the ridge. - The school tried to regiment every hour of the students' day. ## Synonyms - unit - battalion - brigade ## Derived Forms - regimentation - regimented ## Related Forms - regimen - regulation - rule - army ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *h₃reǵ- - Root: regement - Root: regimentum - Root: regō ## Etymology From Middle French regement or regiment, from Late Latin regimentum, from Latin regere, 'to rule'. ## Topics - War & Conflict markdown