regiment
Other forms: regiments; regimented; regimenting
Use the word regiment to describe a military unit that is smaller than a division: “Geoff’s new regiment consisted of three battalions that had been based in Alabama.”
Most often used as a noun to describe a military unit made up of several battalions, the word regiment can also be used as a verb. If you ever need to assign troops to a regiment, you might say something like, “Next week I will regiment the ground forces arriving from North Dakota.” The verb form can also be used in a more general sense to describe any action that is characterized by strict order or control: "Her diet is strictly regimented to include only Sugar Babies."
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army unit smaller than a divisiontype of:army unita military unit that is part of an army
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form (military personnel) into a regiment
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subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
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assign to a regiment
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