REGIMENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does regiment mean?
• REGIMENT (noun)
The noun REGIMENT has 1 sense:
1. army unit smaller than a division
Familiarity information: REGIMENT used as a noun is very rare.
• REGIMENT (verb)
The verb REGIMENT has 3 senses:
1. subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
2. form (military personnel) into a regiment
3. assign to a regiment
Familiarity information: REGIMENT used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• REGIMENT (noun)
Meaning:
Army unit smaller than a division
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)
• REGIMENT (verb)
Meaning:
Subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
regiment one's children
Hypernyms (to "regiment" is one way to...):
command; control (exercise authoritative control or power over)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Form (military personnel) into a regiment
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
Meaning:
Assign to a regiment
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
regiment soldiers
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
