regard
[ri-gahrd]
- to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- to have or show respect or concern for.
- to think highly of; esteem.
- to take into account; consider.
- to look at; observe: She regarded him with amusement.
- to relate to; concern: The news does not regard the explosion.
- to see, look at, or conceive of in a particular way; judge (usually followed by as): I regard every assignment as a challenge. They regarded his behavior as childish.
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- to pay attention.
- to look or gaze.
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- reference; relation: to err with regard to facts.
- an aspect, point, or particular: quite satisfactory in this regard.
- thought; attention; concern.
- look; gaze.
- respect, esteem, or deference: a high regard for scholarship.
- kindly feeling; liking.
- regards, sentiments of esteem or affection: Give them my regards.
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- as regards. as1(def 27).
- with/in regard to, referring to; concerning: With regard to the new contract, we have some questions.Also Informal, with/in regards to.
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Origin of regard
Usage note
Although sometimes considered poor substitutes for about or concerning, the phrases as regards, in regard to, and with regard to are standard and occur in all varieties of spoken and written English, especially in business writing: As regards your letter of January 19. … Note that although in regards to and with regards to are generally considered poor usage, these less formal variants have become increasingly common.
Synonyms
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Contemporary Examples
That idea is often invoked in regards to the tricks memory plays, but I wonder how it might come into play in other ways.
He uses some combination of the words comfort or discomfort in regards to how he feels about situations over 30 times.
With regards to Patterson, the cops ended up issuing him four citations, two per eaglet.
Most people pay attention to this only in regards the Supreme Court, but the lower courts are also critically important.
But it regards these as platforms -- as the beginning, not the end of the process.
Font of InventionSeptember 18, 2014
Historical Examples
A child has a right to finality as regards its compulsory lessons.
A Treatise on Parents and ChildrenGeorge Bernard Shaw
When a man finds that a woman can reason,—do anything but feel,—he regards her as a menace.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
In what does not regard the possession of her, concedo; but in what regards it, nego.
The Imaginary InvalidMolire
The Lyce competes formidably with the convents as regards fees.
In the Heart of VosgesMatilda Betham-Edwards
"Give Mrs. Bowlder my regards," said the journalist, comprehending the symbolism.
The Gentleman From IndianaBooth Tarkington
regard
- to look closely or attentively at (something or someone); observe steadily
- (tr) to hold (a person or thing) in respect, admiration, or affectionwe regard your work very highly
- (tr) to look upon or consider in a specified wayshe regarded her brother as her responsibility
- (tr) to relate to; concern; have a bearing on
- to take notice of or pay attention to (something); heedhe has never regarded the conventions
- as regards (preposition) in respect of; concerning
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- a gaze; look
- attention; heedhe spends without regard to his bank balance
- esteem, affection, or respect
- reference, relation, or connection (esp in the phrases with regard to or in regard to)
- (plural) good wishes or greetings (esp in the phrase with kind regards, used at the close of a letter)
- in this regard on this point
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French regarder to look at, care about, from re- + garder to guard
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Word Origin and History for regards
n.
plural of regard (n.). In letters, from 1775, from regard in the sense of "esteem, affection" (late 14c.).
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regard
n.
mid-14c., "a consideration; a judgment," from Old French regard, from regarder "take notice of," from re-, intensive prefix + garder "look, heed" (see guard (n.)). Meanings "a look, appearance; respect, esteem, favor, kindly feeling which springs from a consideration of estimable qualities" all recorded late 14c. Phrase in regard to is from mid-15c. (Chaucer uses at regard of).
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regard
v.
mid-14c., "consider" (that something is so), from Middle French regarder "to look at," from regard (see regard (n.)). Meaning "look upon, observe" is from 1520s, as is that of "observe a certain respect toward." Related: Regarded; regarding.
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Idioms and Phrases with regards
regard
see in regard to.
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