regard

ri-GARD/ɹɪˈɡɑɹd/UKri-GAHD/ɹɪˈɡɑːd/

Verbregards, regarding, regarded

Noun pluralregards

11 meanings of regard

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1
verbtransitive
To think of someone or something in a certain way.
Like deciding in your mind whether someone is a friend or a stranger.
Many people regard him as a brave hero.
She regards honesty as the most important quality.
Similarconsider, view, see, deem, judge
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2
nouncountable or uncountable
Care or respect that you feel for another person.
Like the warm care you keep for someone you look up to.
She has a lot of regard for her grandmother.
He showed no regard for his teammates.
Similarconcern, consideration, respect, care, affection
Oppositedisregard, indifference, contempt
3
noununcountable
The respect or value that people give to someone or something.
Like the score people keep in their heads for how much they respect someone.
The teacher is held in high regard by her students.
His honest work won him great regard.
Similaresteem, repute
Oppositecontempt, disdain
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4
nouncountable or uncountable
A particular point or detail of something.
The plan is good in one regard but weak in another.
In that regard, both teams played well.
Similarrespect, aspect, way, sense, point
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5
verbtransitive
To have to do with something, or to be about it.
These instructions regard the safety equipment.
The notice regards changes to your account.
Similarconcern, involve, affect
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6
nouncountable
A long, steady look at someone or something.
She gave the stranger a long, steady regard.
He met her regard without looking away.
Similargaze, look, stare, scrutiny
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7
verbtransitive
To look at or watch someone or something.
The children regard the animals through the thick glass.
He regarded his reflection in the mirror.
Similarobserve, watch, eye, study, contemplate
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8
verbtransitive
To be turned so as to face toward something.
The big windows regard the garden.
The old castle regards the valley below.
Similarface, overlook
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Less common meanings

9
verbarchaictransitive
To pay attention to someone or something.
You must regard your elders when they speak.
If much you note him / You ſhall offend him, and extend his Paſſion, / Feed, and regard him not.
c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”Here, regard means to pay attention to someone.
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10
verbobsoletetransitive
To value someone or something, and to treat it as important.
Ther was a Iudge in a certayne cite which feared not god nether regarded man.
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt (Tyndale Bible)Here, regarded means valued or treated as important.
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11
noun
A different spelling of the rude word "retard", used online so that websites do not block it.

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Origins

Meanings 2–4, 6

This word came into Middle English in the mid-1300s from Anglo-Norman reguard, from the verb regarder.

Meanings 1, 5, 7–10

This verb came into late Middle English in the early 1400s from Old French regarder.