reg
noun
Usually regs regulations.
reg
1 American
[reg]
/ rɛg /
noun
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regs
plural
Reg
2
American
[rej]
/ rɛdʒ /
noun
reg.
3
American
abbreviation
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regent.
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regiment.
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region.
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register.
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registered.
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registrar.
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registry.
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regular.
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regularly.
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regulation.
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regulator.
Reg.
4
American
abbreviation
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regiment.
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queen.
Reg.
British
abbreviation
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Regent
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Regina
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of reg1
By shortening
Origin of Reg.4
From the Latin word rēgīna
Example Sentences
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What normally triggers a reg flag is when there are more than one.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
I’ll be feasting on the reg with my favorite queers at this Madison Street community priced buffet.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2021
“Just do the reg and try to get to the Supreme Court as fast as possible.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2019
Under the new reg, a less than unanimous decision exonerates the accused.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2018
Supersedes Thermodynamic properties of air, including polytropic functions, by Joseph H. Keenan & Joseph Kaye, prev. reg.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Reg Davies, who lives locally, said there were numerous 40-tonne trucks going to the site almost every day which he said was "destroying" the village.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“There’s a huge opportunity here for Brazil,” said Reg Spencer, an analyst at Canaccord.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
She clarifies, “you know that saying, ‘No man is an island,’ well, Reg thought that was baloney.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Reg Bown, from Sale Moor, decided to become a lollipop man at the age of 60 when he took a post at Wellfield Infant School in Sale.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
Nothing the police did would bring him back or heal him or Eugenia or Reg or Shawna.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Including Some methods in general geophysics, prev. reg. 28Nov44, A184667. © 19May50; A44096.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Secretary. sec. leg., secundum legem= According to law. sec. reg., secundum regulam= According to rule. sect.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Condensed version first pub. in Two complete detective books, reg. 14Feb47.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1974 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Prev. reg. as The Nuremberg documents. © 29Oct46, AI-617; 19Feb47, A10608.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1974 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Illus. by Magdalen Fraser for the AI reg. © 12Nov31, AI-15806; 2Apr32, A50653.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1959 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
“And I really am sorry about your friend Reg. Give him my regards and tell him he’s welcome here any time.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
For another instance of dispensation and installation on the same day see Reg. of Bishop Bronescombe of Exeter, ed.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
All he could make out was his own name, and Reg. v.
From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Richard Harris
Should a motto ever be needed for some prospective medal commemorative of the "Old Sixth Reg." none would seem to be more appropriate than a quotation from Virgil,—"Primus tentare viam."
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5 by Various
The fifteen in the Clementine which we daily use, are as follows:—I. Reg., iv.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, December 1864 by Various
Diving supplies, stratospheric prices, and rules and regs for who could buy how much gas and when sent Americans into panicky buying habits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
"In the final year of the regs it becomes close naturally but I still expect McLaren to be right at the forefront."
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025
He can change substantive law on a whim—banking codes, safety regs, union protections, taxes.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2025
Ask my neighbors about the rules and regs, he advised.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2023
“I was saving the regs file for pre-bedtime viewing. I hear it’s riveting.”
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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