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re⋅gard

  [ri-gahrd]
Use regard as in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. 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.
—Idioms
17. as regards. as 1 (def. 29).
18. 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.

Synonyms:
3. respect, honor, revere, value. 5. notice, note, see, remark, mark.
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Word Origin & History

regard  (n.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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