Meaning of "regiment" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REGIMENT

Via Old French from Late Latin regimentum government, from Latin regere to rule.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF REGIMENT

regiment  [ˈrɛdʒɪmənt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REGIMENT

Regiment is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb regiment in English.

WHAT DOES REGIMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Regiment

A regiment is a title used by some military units. The size of a regiment varies markedly, depending on the country and the arm of service. Historically, in the 17th and 18th centuries, a full-strength regiment was an entity comprising up to eight or nine hundred men, commanded by a colonel that could be divided in two battalions or from eight to ten companies. There were variations in size and organization between the cavalry and infantry arms of different armies. In some armies an independent regiment with a smaller amount of companies was labelled a demi-regiment. Today, there is no set size for a unit calling itself a "regiment", which may be: ▪ Less than a battalion-equivalent, e.g. Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment ▪ A battalion-equivalent, e.g. 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment ▪ A number of battalions e.g. Royal Regiment of Scotland, 2nd Infantry Regiment ▪ An entire arm of service; In several commonwealth countries, the entire artillery arm is often titled "regiment", and may then be sub-divided into "field regiments". ▪ Several battalions grouped together with or without combat support and/or combat service support units similar to a brigade...

Definition of regiment in the English dictionary

The first definition of regiment in the dictionary is a military formation varying in size from a battalion to a number of battalions. Other definition of regiment is a large number in regular or organized groups. Regiment is also to force discipline or order on, esp in a domineering manner.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REGIMENT

PRESENT

Present

I regiment

you regiment

he/she/it regiments

we regiment

you regiment

they regiment

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

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

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I regimented

you regimented

he/she/it regimented

we regimented

you regimented

they 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

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

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will regiment

you will regiment

he/she/it will regiment

we will regiment

you will regiment

they will regiment

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

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 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

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would regiment

you would regiment

he/she/it would regiment

we would regiment

you would regiment

they would regiment

Conditional continuous

I would be regimenting

you would be regimenting

he/she/it would be regimenting

we would be regimenting

you would be regimenting

they would be regimenting

Conditional perfect

I would have regiment

you would have regiment

he/she/it would have regiment

we would have regiment

you would have regiment

they would have regiment

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been regimenting

you would have been regimenting

he/she/it would have been regimenting

we would have been regimenting

you would have been regimenting

they would have been regimenting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you regiment
we let´s regiment
you regiment

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to regiment

Past participle

regimented

Present Participle

regimenting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «REGIMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «regiment» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of regiment

army · battalion · brigade · company · corps · detachment · division · force · legion · platoon · section · squadron · unit

TRANSLATION OF REGIMENT

Find out the translation of regiment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of regiment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «regiment» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 兵团
• Translator English - Spanish: regimiento
• English: regiment
• Translator English - Hindi: रेजिमेंट
• Translator English - Arabic: فَوْج
• Translator English - Russian: полк
• Translator English - Portuguese: regimento
• Translator English - Bengali: শাসন
• Translator English - French: régiment
• Translator English - Malay: Rejimen
• Translator English - German: Regiment
• Translator English - Japanese: 連隊
• Translator English - Korean: 연대
• Translator English - Javanese: Regimen
• Translator English - Vietnamese: trung đoàn
• Translator English - Tamil: திட்ட
• Translator English - Marathi: पथ्ये
• Translator English - Turkish: rejim
• Translator English - Italian: reggimento
• Translator English - Polish: pułk
• Translator English - Ukrainian: полк
• Translator English - Romanian: batalion
• Translator English - Greek: σύνταγμα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: regiment
• Translator English - Swedish: regemente
• Translator English - Norwegian: regiment

8 QUOTES WITH «REGIMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word regiment.

1

Antony Beevor

I joined the Army in 1965 and served with the 11th Hussars, which I loved. The regiment was so relaxed - a salute was more like a friendly wave.

2

Edward Carpenter

I was in the Square at the time. The crowd was a most good-humoured, easy going, smiling crowd; but presently it was transformed. A regiment of mounted police came cantering up.

3

Louis-Ferdinand Celine

With two thousand years of Christianity behind him... a man can't see a regiment of soldiers march past without going off the deep end. It starts off far too many ideas in his head.

4

George Armstrong Custer

I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers.

5

Maureen Dowd

Obama invented himself against all odds and repeated parental abandonment, and he worked hard to regiment his emotions. But now that can come across as imperviousness and inflexibility. He wants to run the agenda; he doesn't want the agenda to run him. Once you become president, though, there's no way to predict what your crises will be.

6

Hans Frank

On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam.

7

Christopher Marlowe

What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?

8

Polly Toynbee

My Lords temporal, today is the day to rise up against the regiment of Lords spiritual and proclaim the values of enlightenment, compassion and common sense.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REGIMENT»

Discover the use of regiment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to regiment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Regiment: A Trilogy

The poverty-stricken planet of Tyss has only one exportable resource, its extraordinary soldiers, hired by the Confederation of Worlds to train other warriors in their own mystic fighting abilities, a talent that soon becomes essential as ...

John Dalmas, 2004

A Monstrous Regiment of Women: A Novel of Suspense Featuring ...

Winner of the Nero Wolfe Award It is 1921 and Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology--is on the verge of acquiring a sizable inheritance.

Laurie R. King, 1995

The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salieres Regiment in Canada, ...

The Good Regiment provides an intriguing account of the Carignan-Salières Regiment -- the only seventeenth-century French infantry regiment ever to serve in Canada -- and its activities and presents a critical assessment of the regiment's ...

Jack Verney, 1992

A Merry Regiment of Women

Characters: 3 male, 6 female.

Rae Shirley, 2010

The Gallant Dogras: An Illustrated History of the Dogra Regiment

Numerous rare and historic photographs and maps, that have been painstakingly restored, embellish this book, which shall be of great interest to the military historian and indeed to all those connected with the Indian Armed Forces.

Shankar Prasad, 2005

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne ...

Through soldiers' journals and letters, describes Easy Company's contributions to the campaigns in western Europe and recounts their stories of survival.

Stephen E. Ambrose, 2002

Rally Cry

A Union regiment marches aboard a transport ship only to be buffeted through space and time and shipwrecked in an alien land, where these Civil War soldiers introduce unheard-of ideas of freedom, equality, and democracy

William R. Forstchen, 1990

Panzers in the Sand: The History of Panzer-Regiment, 1935-1941

Combat history of a renowned German tank regiment in World War II Covers the unit's formation, its campaigns in Poland and France, and its first months with the Afrika Korps Firsthand accounts from tank commanders and crews with hundreds of ...

Bernd Hartmann, 2010

Women of the Regiment: Marriage and the Victorian Army

This book is a detailed study of the domestic background of life in the Victorian army.

Myna Trustram, 1984

Dan. McCook's regiment, 52nd O.V.I.: a history of the ...

Between August 1862 and May 1864, the 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry enjoyed a charmed existence.

Nixon B. Stewart, 1900

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REGIMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term regiment is used in the context of the following news items.

Confederate flag hung from Boston memorial for black soldiers

A Confederate battle flag was attached Sunday night to a Boston memorial that commemorates one of the first all-black regiments to fight for the union during the ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»

Queen presents new colours to Royal Welsh Regiment

The Queen presented new colours to army unit The Royal Welsh at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff today. The infantry regiment formed in 2006 after the ... «ITV News, Jun 15»

The Queen and Prince Philip arrive at Canada House to honour 3 …

The Calgary Highlanders, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry and the Canadian Scottish Regiments are in Europe to mark the 100-year anniversary of the Second ... «CTV News, Apr 15»

Three Rajput Regiment jawans killed in Arunachal ambush

Three jawans of the 4 Rajput Regiment were killed on the spot and four other seriously injured when suspected NSCN militants ambushed their vehicle in Tirap ... «The Indian Express, Apr 15»

Camilla proud of father's regiment

The Duchess of Cornwall has spoken movingly about her late father's wartime memories as she marked the "glorious history" of the regiment in which he served. «Belfast Telegraph, Feb 15»

British Army examines plans to create a Sikh regiment

"Would you not agree with me that it's high time to do away with the political correctness which infects some of this thinking and actually raise a Sikh regiment to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»

Harry praises RAF regiment for key anti-terror role

He visited RAF Honington in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, to present a new standard - a historic and ceremonial flag - to No 26 Squadron RAF Regiment. «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»

Yorkshire Regiment soldiers training Kurdish forces in fight against …

A SPECIALIST team of Yorkshire Regiment soldiers is training Kurdish forces in Iraq as they fight Islamic State militants. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has ... «Hull Daily Mail, Oct 14»

Quebec's Royal 22nd Regiment guards Buckingham Palace as …

It's the first time the francophone regiment has stood guard at Buckingham Palace since 1940, when it was done at the request of King George VI, father of ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 14»

Obama honors Puerto Rican infantry regiment with Congressional …

Obama signed a measure Tuesday giving the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers, the Congressional Gold Medal. The regiment served in ... «Washington Post, Jun 14»