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to regiment

to regiment

1 6.5
To group soldiers into military units
  • verb
  • /ˈrɛdʒɪmənt/
  • Specialized
: formar en regimientos

Examples

  • We regiment our lives based on time.

    Blog text (24)
  • He went about his business, trying to regiment himself as before, but his boots seemed a little duller, and his hat?

    Fiction book (1995)
  • It adds to the feeling of isolation, along with the subjects being swallowed up by the regimented lines of their environment.

    Blog text (20)
  • Some of us have a very regimented workday that requires taking lunch at a certain time, while others take lunch whenever we want—or not at all.

    Blog text (13)
  • Though she avoided any major damage to her home and escaped any storm-related injuries to herself or her family, Rachel was at home with her family for five days without power, which served as a major deterrent to what had been a strictly regimented diet and running schedule.

    Blog text (27)
  • They would advocate a regimented educational program whereby orders emanate from above and are subserviently obeyed by all falling under the jurisdiction.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The sergeant worked hard to regiment the new recruits, ensuring they followed orders precisely.

  • In an effort to regiment their training, the officers established a strict daily schedule for the soldiers.

  • He decided to regiment his exercise routine, sticking to a disciplined timetable every week.

Synonyms

to levy
vsto regiment
  • Archaic
1 7.2

To order people to join the army

focus on arranging people into structured military units instead of just recruiting them
to squad
vsto regiment
1 5.8

To put people into small groups to do a job

organize people into larger structured military units rather than small groups

Antonyms

110 2.7

To make people or animals move quickly in different directions

4 4.5

To make something lose its order or structure

How Organized

to regiment
  • Specialized
1 6.5
to militarize
11 7.3
to organize
  • US
662 1.6
to mobilize
76 5.8
to assemble
152 3.3
to gather
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

regiment infinitive
regimented past
regimented past participle
regimenting present participle
regiments third person singular

Etymology

Regiment as a verb comes from the same root reg- meaning 'to rule'. To regiment people originally meant to put them under one rule, so it now means to organise them into ordered units, especially soldiers.