Regard

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English

Noun

Regard (plural Regards)
  1. One's concern for another; esteem.
  2. (preceded by “in” or “with”) aspect; detail; manner; respect; sense
    • 1842, Treuttel and Würtz, The Foreign Quarterly Review, page 144:
      This attempt will be made with every regard to the difficulty of the undertaking[...].
    • 1903, Kentucky Mines and Minerals Dept, Annual Report, page 186:
      We are spending a lot of money trying to put this mine in shape; we are anxious to comply with the wishes of your office in every regard [...].
    • 1989, Leonard W. Poon, David C. Rubin, Barbara A. Wilson, Everyday Cognition in Adulthood and Late Life, Cambridge University Press, page 399:
      These problems were not traditional problems with realistic stimuli, but rather were realistic in every regard.

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Verb

Regard (third-person singular simple present Regards, present participle Regarding, simple past and past participle Regarded)

  1. (transitive) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XVIII:
      There was a Judge in a certaine cite, which feared not god nether regarded man.
  2. To look at; to observe.
    She regarded us warily.
  3. (transitive) To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc.
    I always regarded tabloid journalism as a social evil.
  4. (transitive, archaic) To take notice of, pay attention to.
  5. (transitive) To have to do with, to concern.
    I'd like to talk to you regarding your last email.

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Adjectives for Regard

cordial; affectionate; cold; platonic; reverential; eloquent; glorious; general; rueful; intense; delicate; mutual; prudential; due; profound; deepening; repulsive; wearisome; scrupulous; conscientious; sagacious; unalterable; popular; infantine; undue; deep; heartiest; faint; austere; pure; candid; tender; habitual; indispensable; religious; charitable; critical; decorous; slightest; deliberate.

Verbs for Regard

acquire—; bear—; command—; entertain—; feign—; gain—; inspire—; observe with—; recognize—; relax—; signalize—; solicit—; win—; —arises from; —distinguishes; — flatters; —glorifies; —honors ; —outshad-ows; —shines.

Adverbs for Regard

contemptuously; patiently; affectionately; passionately; ruthlessly; lewdly; practically; fondly; narrowly; enviously; attentively; pensively; appraisingly; solemnly; severely; pugnaciously; skeptically; vindictively; curiously; hopelessly; maliciously; ruefully; cordially; platonically; reverentially; saga-ciously; austerely; candidly; tenderly; religiously; decorously.

Thesaurus

Amor, Anschauung, Christian love, Eros, Platonic love, TLC, abide by, accommodatingness, accord respect to, account, account as, act up to, adhere to, adjudge, adjudicate, admiration, admire, adoration, adore, advertence, advertency, affect, affection, agape, agreeableness, alertness, allow, an in, angle, angle of vision, animadvert, answer to, anticipation, apotheosis, apotheosize, appertain to, applicability, application, apply to, appositeness, appreciate, appreciation, approbation, approval, ardency, ardor, article, aspect, assay, assess, assiduity, assiduousness, association, assume, attachment, attend, attend to, attention, attention span, attentiveness, awareness, awe, basis, be afraid, be concerned, be faithful to, be judicious, be thoughtful of, be vigilant, be watchful, bear on, bear upon, bearing, belong to, best wishes, bodily love, breathless adoration, brotherly love, care, carefulness, caritas, case, caution, charity, cherish, circumspection, circumspectness, cognizance, complaisance, compliments, comply with, conceive, concentration, concern, concernment, configuration, conform to, conjugal love, connect, connection, consciousness, consider, considerateness, consideration, contemplate, correspond to, count, courtesy, credit, curiosity, daresay, datum, deal with, dearly love, deem, defer to, deference, deification, deify, dekko, delicacy, desire, detail, devoirs, devotion, diligence, do justice to, duty, ear, earnestness, effect, eidolon, element, entertain respect for, envisage, envision, espial, espionage, esteem, estimate, estimation, evaluate, exaggerated respect, exalt, exercise judgment, expect, express an opinion, eye, eyeball, eyeful, facet, fact, factor, faithful love, fancy, fashion, favor, favorable regard, feature, feeling, fellow feeling, fervor, figure, fill, flame, follow, fondness, footing, forethought, form, form an opinion, frame of reference, framework, free love, free-lovism, friendly relations, fulfill, gauge, gaze at, germaneness, gestalt, go for, good graces, good terms, good understanding, good wishes, goodwill, great respect, greetings, guess, guise, harmony, have a hunch, have a looksee, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have connection with, have regard for, have the idea, heart, heed, heedfulness, helpfulness, hero worship, hero-worship, high regard, hold, hold as, hold by, hold dear, hold in esteem, hold in reverence, hold in view, homage, honor, idolatry, idolism, idolization, idolize, image, imagine, imago, impression, incidental, indulgence, instance, intentiveness, intentness, interest, interestedness, involve, item, judge, keep, keep faith with, keep in sight, keep in view, keep under observation, lasciviousness, leer, leering look, leniency, liaise with, libido, light, like, likeness, liking, lineaments, link, link with, live up to, look, look after, look at, look on, look up to, look upon, look upon as, look-in, looking, lookout, love, lovemaking, loving care, lustful leer, maintain, make good, manner, mark, married love, materiality, matter, meet, mental outlook, mind, mindfulness, minor detail, minutia, minutiae, mutual regard, note, notice, obligingness, observance, observation, observe, opine, outlook, particular, passion, pay attention, perceive, pertain to, pertinence, phase, phasis, physical love, pine, place, point, point of view, popular regard, popularity, position, preparedness, prestige, presume, preview, prize, prospect, rapport, rate, reck, reckon, reconnoiter, refer to, reference, reference system, regardfulness, regards, relate to, relatedness, relation, relevance, remark, respect, respects, revere, reverence, reverential regard, salutations, satisfaction, satisfy, scene, scout, see, seeming, semblance, sentiment, set down as, sex, sexual love, shape, shine, side, sidelong look, sight, simulacrum, situation, slant, sly look, solicitousness, solicitude, spiritual love, spy upon, spying, stand, standpoint, stare at, style, suppose, surmise, suspect, sympathy, system, tact, tactfulness, take, take an interest, take for, take into account, take it, take note, take notice, tend, tender feeling, tender loving care, tender passion, thing, think, think highly of, think much of, think of, think well of, thought, thoughtfulness, tie in with, tie-in, toleration, total effect, touch, touch upon, treasure, treat, treat of, trow, truelove, twist, universe, uxoriousness, value, valuing, venerate, veneration, view, view as, viewing, viewpoint, visualize, watch, watching, weakness, ween, wise, witnessing, worship, worth, yearning

Etymology

From Old French regarder (“look at, observe, regard”) < re- + garder (“to keep, heed, mark”); see guard; compare reward.

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Noun

concern for another
aspect; detail

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French

Noun

Regard m. (plural Regards)

  1. look, glance
    un regard en coin
    a side glance
  2. (uncountable) sight, gaze, eyes
    Ne t'éloigne pas de mon regard.
    Don't go far out of my sight.
    • 1885, Loreau, Heriette (trans.), L’Ami commun (Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens), Part IV, chapter 10:
      [S]on regard s’arrêta fixe et morne, sans plus rien exprimer.
      His eyes stood still, and settled into that former intent unmeaning stare.
  3. manhole

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