regard
verb (used with object)
to look upon or think of with a particular feeling.
regarded
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past participleof regard.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof regard.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
regardverb (used with object)to look upon or think of with a particular feeling.
Example Sentences
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A relatively small carnivore might have regarded a human as worthwhile prey, whereas an enormous hunter such as T. rex may have preferred much larger animals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said in a post on X that his departure from the police force was regarded as a dishonourable discharge, external.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
But those flight paths typically pass near Syria’s capital, Damascus, which is still regarded as a risky zone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
What archaeologists once regarded primarily as prehistoric glue may also have been a useful substance for protecting wounds, offering another intriguing possibility about the origins of human medical knowledge.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
But the key facts were clear from De Nova Stella—that the object was fixed among the fixed stars and met every criterion to be regarded as a genuinely new star.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
