# regarding

Pronunciation: US say "ri-GAR-ding" /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/; UK say "ri-GAH-ding" /ɹɪˈɡɑːdɪŋ/

## Preposition

1. About or concerning a particular subject or matter.
   - Simple: Used to say what a subject or message is about.
   - _The committee issued a statement regarding the proposed budget cuts._
   - _He refused to comment regarding the ongoing investigation._

## Verb

2. Present participle of regard. — present participle and gerund of regard
   - Simple: Present participle of regard. This -ing form can describe an action in the past, present, or future.
   - _Regarding the offer as too risky, the family decided to wait._
   - _The critic spent an hour regarding the canvas before saying anything._

## Noun

3. An act of looking at or observing something. *(rare)*
   - Simple: The act of looking at or noticing something.

## Origin

Formed from "regard" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/regarding (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).