- a method or system of government, especially one that has not been elected in a fair way
- a fascist/totalitarian/military, etc. regime
- an oppressive/brutal regime
Collocations PoliticsPoliticsPower- create/form/be the leader of a political party
- gain/take/win/lose/regain control of Congress
- start/spark/lead/be on the brink of a revolution
- be engaged/locked in an internal power struggle
- lead/form a rival/breakaway faction
- seize/take control of the government/power
- bring down/overthrow/topple the government/president/regime
- abolish/overthrow/restore the monarchy
- establish/install a military dictatorship/a stable government
- be forced/removed/driven from office/power
- resign/step down as party leader/an MP/president/prime minister
- enter/retire from/return to political life
- spark/provoke a heated/hot/intense/lively debate
- engage in/participate in/contribute to (the) political/public debate (on/over something)
- get involved in/feel excluded from the political process
- launch/start/lead/spearhead a campaign/movement
- join/be linked with the peace/anti-war/feminist/civil rights movement
- criticize/speak out against/challenge/support the government
- lobby/put pressure on the government (to do something)
- come under fire/pressure from opposition parties
- call for/demand/propose/push for/advocate democratic/political/land reform(s)
- formulate/implement domestic economic policy
- change/influence/shape/have an impact on government/economic/public policy
- be consistent with/be in line with/go against/be opposed to government policy
- reform/restructure/modernize the tax system
- privatize/improve/deliver/make cuts in public services
- invest (heavily) in/spend something on schools/education/public services/(the) infrastructure
- nationalize the banks/the oil industry
- promise/propose/deliver/give ($80 billion in/significant/substantial/massive) tax cuts
- a/the budget is approved/ (especially North American English) passed by parliament/congress
- have a majority in/have seats in Parliament/Congress/the Senate
- propose/sponsor a bill/legislation/a resolution
- introduce/bring in/draw up/draft/adopt/pass a bill/a law/legislation/measures
- amend/repeal an act/a law/legislation
- veto/vote against/oppose a bill/legislation/a measure/a proposal/a resolution
- get/require/be decided by a majority vote
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc1- An interim government was elected to replace the ousted regime.
- Crowds celebrated the downfall of the old regime.
- Education was seen as a way of bolstering the existing regime.
- He spoke of the abhorrent crimes that had been committed under the regime.
- In 1940 a puppet regime was established by the invaders.
- She called for sanctions against the regime.
- The communist regime came to power in 1975.
- The tyrannical regime violently repressed any opposition.
- These regimes pose a grave and growing danger.
- a harsh and unrelenting theocratic regime
- a military regime headed by the general
- a military regime under Franco
- collaboration with the secular Egyptian regime
- dictatorships and autocratic regimes
- the day he and his regime are removed from power
- the real war aim of regime change
- the threat posed by rogue regimes
- He described the government as one of the most brutal and repressive regimes in the world today.
- She was imprisoned because of her opposition to the regime.
- They are investigating human rights abuses under the previous military regime.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- new
- old
- current
- …
- establish
- install
- set up
- …
- exist
- come to power
- emerge
- …
- change
- against a/the regime
- under a/the regime
- regime under
- …
- a change of regime
- the collapse of a regime
- the fall of a regime
- …
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- a method or system of organizing or managing something
- Our tax regime is one of the most favourable in Europe.
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingc1- It will be necessary to create a regime to monitor compliance with the agreements.
- Under the new regime you will be liable for automatic penalties for late submission of tax returns.
- a challenge to the global nuclear non-proliferation regime
- a financial regime imposed by the government
- the UN-enforced sanctions regime
- the company's outstanding safety regime
- the new regime for accounting for charities
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- harsh
- rigorous
- strict
- …
- create
- set up
- start
- …
- be based on something
- under a/the regime
- regime for
- (also regimen)(medical or formal) a set of rules about food and exercise or medical treatment that you follow in order to stay healthy or to improve your health
- a dietary regime
Extra Examples- I'm going swimming every day as part of my new fitness regime.
- The children were subjected to a strict regime of meals, walks and lessons.
- He suggested to me that I follow his fitness regime.
- a regime based on discipline and training
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘regimen’): French régime, from Latin regimen ‘rule’, from regere ‘to rule’. Sense 1 dates from the late 18th cent. (with original reference to the Ancien Régime).
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