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regiment
What does regiment mean?
regiment (noun): army unit smaller than a division.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use regiment in a sentence?
- Which regiment do you belong to? (Tatoeba sentence #12179213 by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce regiment?
/ˈɹɛdʒəmənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does regiment come from?
From Middle French regement, régiment, and its source, Late Latin regimentum (“direction for government; course of medical treatment”), from Latin regō (“rule”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to regiment
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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army unit smaller than a division
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a building where people go to eat
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a room or area for preparing food
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the state of being actual or real
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