Meaning

6 senses
  1. Mode of rule or management.

    a prison regime

    Regime

    режи́мrežím, стройstroj

    режи́мrežým

  2. A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.

    the dictator's regime

    Heaven will eliminate the tyrannical regimes.

    Regime

    режи́мrežím, стройstroj

    режи́мrežým, ладlad

  3. A period of rule.

    Regime

    режи́мrežím

  4. A regulated system; a regimen.

    a fitness regime

  5. A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.

  6. A set of characteristics.

    A typical annual water level regime would include a gradual summer drawdown beginning in early May.

More definitions
  • (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)
  • the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

Examples

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  1. Every regime has his own soldiers.

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  2. Democracy is the worst possible regime, except for all the others.

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  3. The regime has fallen.

    ruРежим пал.

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  4. His regime is bound to collapse.

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  5. This oppressive regime committed many atrocities.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
mode of rule or management:
form of government:
Русский
By meaning 1
mode of rule or management:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
mode of rule or management:

Origin

From Middle English regime, regyme, from Middle French regime, from Latin regimen (“direct

From Middle English regime, regyme, from Middle French regime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.

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Forms

plural: regimes
Singularregime
Pluralregimes

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet):regimen
  • the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit:governmentauthorities

Word family

19 related words

See also

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