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regimenting

regimenting is the present participle and gerund of regiment.

Meaning of regiment

Verb

regiment (third-person singular simple present regiments, present participle regimenting, simple past and past participle regimented)

  1. (transitive) To form soldiers into a regiment.
    • The people are organized or regimented into bodies, and special functions are relegated to the several units.1896, John Wesley Powell, On Primitive Institutions
  2. (transitive) To systematize, or put in rigid order.
    • The result was a tidy, law-abiding country, but one that visitors often described as regimented, sterile and dull.2015 March 22, Washington Post, Lee Kuan Yew, who led Singapore into prosperity over 30-year rule, dies at 91

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Questions about regimenting

What is regimenting the present participle and gerund of?
Regimenting is the present participle and gerund of regiment.

Words near regimenting in the dictionary

  1. regimentals
  2. regimentary
  3. regimentation
  4. regimentations
  5. regimented
  6. regimenting
  7. regiments
  8. regimes
  9. regimina
  10. regiminal
  11. regina

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