Definition

1. Noun:

   • A permanent military unit, typically commanded by a colonel and forming part of a division: In many armies, a "regiment" is a significant tactical and administrative unit composed of several battalions.
   • A large number or group of people or things: "Regiment" can describe a large, organized, or uniform group, often implying strict order or uniformity.

2. Verb:

   • To organize or manage in a strict, rigid, or uniform manner: To "regiment" means to impose strict discipline, order, or systematization on a group of people or activities.
   • (Military) To form into a regiment: To organize military personnel into the specific unit known as a regiment.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • He served as an officer in the cavalry regiment for five years.
  • A whole regiment of volunteers arrived to help clean up the park.

• Verb:

  • The school's schedule regiments every minute of the students' day.
  • New recruits were regimented into their units during the first week of training.

Advanced Usage

• "to regiment someone/something into something": to force someone or something into a strict system or pattern.
  • The factory work regimented the workers into a monotonous routine.

Variants and Related Words

• Regimentation (n): The act of regimenting or the state of being regimented; strict organization and control.

  • The regimentation of daily life under the regime was stifling.

• Regimental (adj): Of or relating to a regiment.

  • He wore his regimental tie with pride.

Synonyms

• Noun (military unit): Brigade, battalion, corps (Note: These denote units of different sizes and compositions).
• Noun (large group): Host, multitude, army.
• Verb (to control strictly): Systematize, organize, discipline, control.

Related Phrases

• Regiment of...: Used to emphasize a large, organized group of a particular type.
  • A regiment of bureaucrats processed the forms.

Noun

1. army unit smaller than a division

Verb

1. assign to a regiment
   • regiment soldiers
2. form (military personnel) into a regiment
3. subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
   • regiment one's children