to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
2.
to have or show respect or concern for.
3.
to think highly of; esteem.
4.
to take into account; consider.
5.
to look at; observe: She regarded him with amusement.
6.
to relate to; concern: The news does not regard the explosion.
7.
to see, look at, or conceive of in a particular way; judge (usually fol. by as): I regard every assignment as a challenge. They regarded his behavior as childish.
–verb (used without object)
8.
to pay attention.
9.
to look or gaze.
–noun
10.
reference; relation: to err with regard to facts.
11.
an aspect, point, or particular: quite satisfactory in this regard.
12.
thought; attention; concern.
13.
look; gaze.
14.
respect, esteem, or deference: a high regard for scholarship.
15.
kindly feeling; liking.
16.
regards, sentiments of esteem or affection: Give them my regards.
with or in regard to, referring to; concerning: With regard to the new contract, we have some questions.
[Origin: 1350–1400; (n.) ME < MF, n. deriv. of regarder to look at (cf. reward); (v.) late ME < MF regarder.See re-, guard]
—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. … In regards to, and with regards to are widely rejected as errors.
To look upon or consider in a particular way: I regard him as a fool.
To hold in esteem or respect: She regards her teachers highly.
To relate or refer to; concern: This item regards their liability.
To take into account; consider.
Obsolete To take care of.
v.
intr.
To look or gaze.
To give heed; pay attention.
n.
A look or gaze.
Careful thought or attention; heed: She gives little regard to her sister's teasing.
Respect, affection, or esteem: He has high regard for your work.
regards Good wishes expressing such sentiment: Give the family my best regards.
A particular point or aspect; respect: She was lucky in that regard.
Basis for action; motive.
Obsolete Appearance or aspect.
[Middle English regarden, from Old French regarder : re-, re- + guarder, to guard (of Germanic origin; see guard).]
Synonyms: These nouns refer to a feeling based on perception of and approval for the worth of a person or thing. Regard is the most general: "I once thought you had a kind of regard for her" (George Borrow).
Esteem connotes considered appraisal and positive regard: "The near-unanimity of esteem he enjoyed during his lifetime has by no means been sustained since" (Will Crutchfield).
Admiration is a feeling of keen approbation: "Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration" (Matthew Arnold).
Respect implies appreciative, often deferential regard resulting from careful assessment: "I have a great respect for any man who makes his own way in life" (Winston Churchill). See Also Synonyms at consider.
Usage Note: Regard is traditionally used in the singular in the phrase in regard (not in regards) to. Regarding and as regards are also standard in the sense "with reference to." In the same sense with respect to is acceptable, but respecting is not. · Respects is sometimes considered preferable to regards in the sense of "particulars": In some respects (not regards) the books are alike.
1340, from O.Fr. regard, from regarder "take notice of," from re-, intensive prefix + garder "look, heed" (cf. reward). Meanings "consideration, appearance, kindly feeling" all recorded late 14c. The verb is first attested c.1430, from M.Fr. regarder.Regardless "indifferent" is from 1591.
(usually preceded by 'in') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect" [syn: respect]
2.
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" [syn: attentiveness] [ant: heedlessness]
3.
(usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes"
4.
a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" [syn: gaze]
5.
the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" [syn: esteem] [ant: disesteem]
6.
a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect"
7.
an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him" [syn: respect] [ant: disrespect]
verb
1.
deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" [syn: see]
2.
look at attentively
3.
connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" [syn: involve]
At*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attended; p. pr. & vb. n. Attending.] [OE. atenden, OF. atendre, F. attendre, to expect, to wait, fr. L. attendre to stretch, (sc. animum), to apply the mind to; ad + tendere to stretch. See Tend.]1. To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard. [Obs.] The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskillful words of the passenger. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over. 3. To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve. The fifth had charge sick persons to attend. --Spenser. Attends the emperor in his royal court. --Shak. With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither. --Macaulay. 4. To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects. What cares must then attend the toiling swain. --Dryden. 5. To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert, a business meeting. 6. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for. [Obs.] The state that attends all men after this. --Locke. Three days I promised to attend my doom. --Dryden. Syn: To Attend, Mind, Regard, Heed, Notice. Usage: Attend is generic, the rest are specific terms. To mind is to attend so that it may not be forgotten; to regard is to look on a thing as of importance; to heed is to attend to a thing from a principle of caution; to notice is to think on that which strikes the senses. --Crabb. See Accompany.
Re*gard"\ (r?*g?rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Regarding.] [F. regarder; pref. re- re + garder to guard, heed, keep. See Guard, and cf. Reward.]1. To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon. Your niece regards me with an eye of favor. --Shak. 2. Hence, to look or front toward; to face. [Obs.] It is peninsula which regardeth the mainland. --Sandys. That exceedingly beatiful seat, on the ass?ent of a hill, flanked with wood and regarding the river. --Evelyn. 3. To look closely at; to observe attentively; to pay attention to; to notice or remark particularly. If much you note him, You offened him; . . . feed, and regard him not. --Shak. 4. To look upon, as in a certain relation; to hold as an popinion; to consider; as, to regard abstinence from wine as a duty; to regard another as a friend or enemy. 5. To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward; as, to regard one with favor or dislike. His associates seem to have regarded him with kindness. --Macaulay. 6. To pay respect to; to treat as something of peculiar value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to esteem. He that regardeth thae day, regardeth it into the LOrd. --Rom. xiv. 6. Here's Beaufort, that regards nor God nor king. --Shak. 7. To take into consideration; to take account of, as a fact or condition. "Nether regarding that she is my child, nor fearing me as if II were her father." --Shak. 8. To have relation to, as bearing upon; to respect; to relate to; to touch; as, an argument does not regard the question; -- often used impersonally; as, I agree with you as regards this or that. Syn: To consider; observe; remark; heed; mind; respect; esteem; estimate; value. See Attend.
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