Meaning & use
the regatta
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Meaning
nouncountable
A sports event consisting of a series of boat or yacht races.
Grammar: Countable; often used with 'the' when referring to a specific event, and with 'a' for any one event.
Patterns
- at the regatta
- hold a regatta
- win the regatta
The regatta takes place on the river every summer.
Hundreds of spectators watched the regatta from the shore.
Our rowing club won the regatta last year.
Word forms
| plural | regattas |
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Common combinations
- a rowing regatta
- The rowing regatta attracted teams from across the country.
- a sailing regatta
- A sailing regatta was held in the bay.
- attend a regatta
- We attended a regatta on the coast.
- the annual regatta
- The annual regatta is a local tradition.
Synonyms and how they differ
- boat race
- A boat race is a single race, while a regatta is usually a whole event with several races.
- competition
- Competition is a general word for any contest; regatta is specific to boats.
Commonly confused: the regatta or regatta?
the regatta vs regatta
Not to be confused with 'regulate' or 'regatta' with a double 't'—the correct spelling has two t's and one g.
Practice
Choose the sentence that uses 'regatta' correctly.
Choose one answer.
A regatta is a boat-racing event, so it can be cancelled due to weather. The other options treat it as a physical object or a piece of writing, which is wrong.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “the regatta”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.