as for

English

Preposition

as for

1. Regarding; about; concerning

   I can't teach that class today, I'm sick. As for the rest of the teachers, they are still on leave.

Usage notes

• As for is almost always put at the beginning of a sentence.

Translations

regarding; about

• Arabic: أما ... فـ (ar) ('ámmaa ... fa-)
• Catalan: quant a (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 至於 (cmn), 至于 (cmn) (zhìyú), 關於 (cmn), 关于 (cmn) (guānyú)

• Czech: pokud jde o (cs)
• Finnish: mitä tulee (fi)

• French: quant à (fr)
• German: was ... angeht (de), was ... betrifft (de)
• Hindi: ... तो (hi) (... to)
• Japanese: ...として (ja) (...toshite)
• Russian: что касается (ru) (što kasájetsja)
• Spanish: en cuanto a (es), respecto a (es), para (es)

Anagrams

• afros, so far, sofar