regime
52
4.3
- noun
- /rɪˈʒim/
- UK
:
régimen
- She follows a strict exercise regime to improve her overall health.
It was this and they put me on the extreme regime.
- It was this and they put me on the extreme regime.
- It's just you just feel like you're so much more in control of your beauty regime.
- I started this regime on the Tuesday night.
Examples
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I bet if we got you on a really good fitness regime.
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What would constitute an emotional training regime for you?
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Your exercise regime still has to be in place.
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And with your training regime, Frank, I remember you bought in this.
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I started this regime on the Tuesday night.
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I do have a personal regime that I do every morning.
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I know my body is getting stronger under this regime of hard labor.
Fiction book (1995) -
Listen, if I put you on a special diet and vitamin regime, will you stay on it?
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This is an exercise regime to get you on your feet, up and about, jiggling around.
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But as part of my new regime, I don't throw fits or act like a prima donna.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
∞
2.1
Care to cure or reduce a health problem
66
4.0
A suggested plan for how to act to get a certain result
64
6.5
A plan of diet, exercise, or medicine to keep you healthy
7
3.5
A list of medical steps and tests doctors use to help a patient get better
1
4.9
A very controlled routine of diet, exercise, and medicine
Compounds
- Formal
6
8.3
A government that controls almost all parts of people's lives by force
5
7.4
A government where one leader or a small group holds power and limits people's freedoms
- Archaic
A government in former Yugoslavia where Serbian communist leaders rule
How Intensive
- Specialized
50
3.0
- UK
52
4.3
- US
∞
2.5
354
1.0
1
5.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word regime for a medical plan comes from Latin regimen, meaning 'rule' or 'direction', so a medical regime is simply a set of rules or steps you follow for diet, exercise, or treatment.