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regimen

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.mən/
  • British, Canada, General-American, Southern, Standard: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.mən/
  • British, Canada, General-American, Southern, Standard: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ə.mən/
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  • Australian: /ˈɹed͡ʒ.ɪ.mən/
  • Australian: /ˈɹed͡ʒ.ə.mən/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈɹed͡ʒ.ə.mən/
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH1 JH AH0 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Orderly government; system of order; administration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: government, rection

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Diet; limitations on the food that one eats, for health reasons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

(medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: regime

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plan, program, programme

History

Etymology

From Middle English regimen, from Middle French regimen and its etymon, Latin regimen (“guidance, direction, government, rule”). Doublet of regime.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: тәртип (tərtip) — orderly government; system of order; administration
  • Bulgarian: режим (režim) — orderly government; system of order; administration
  • Bulgarian: управление (upravlenie) — orderly government; system of order; administration
  • Finnish: hallintojärjestelmä — orderly government; system of order; administration
  • Galician: réxime — orderly government; system of order; administration
  • Hungarian: rendszer — orderly government; system of order; administration
  • Hungarian: uralom — orderly government; system of order; administration
  • Portuguese: regime — orderly government; system of order; administration
  • Bulgarian: диета (dieta) — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Bulgarian: режим (režim) — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Catalan: règim — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Finnish: hoito-ohjelma — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Finnish: ohjelma — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • French: régime — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Greek: σχήμα (schíma) — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Ancient Greek: δίαιτα (díaita) — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Hungarian: kúra — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Hungarian: kezelés — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Hungarian: rend — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Hungarian: rendszer — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Indonesian: regimen — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Italian: regime — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Latin: diaeta — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Portuguese: regime — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Spanish: régimen — any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
  • Portuguese: regime — grammar: object — see also object, rection
  • Spanish: régimen — grammar: object — see also object, rection
  • Bulgarian: рекция (rekcija) — a syntactical relation between words
  • Russian: управление (upravlenije) — a syntactical relation between words