regard

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 2.3 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old French regarder (“‘look at, observe, regard’”) < re- + garder (“‘to keep, heed, mark’”); see guard; cf. reward.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɹɪˈgɑːd/
• (US) IPA: /ɹɪˈgɑɹd/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Hyphenation: re‧gard

[edit] Noun

regard (plural regards)

1. One's concern for another; esteem.
2. (preceded by “in” or “with”) aspect; detail; manner; respect; sense
   • 1842, Treuttel and Würtz, The Foreign Quarterly Review, page 144:

     This attempt will be made with every regard to the difficulty of the undertaking[...].

   • 1903, Kentucky Mines and Minerals Dept, Annual Report, page 186:

     We are spending a lot of money trying to put this mine in shape; we are anxious to comply with the wishes of your office in every regard [...].

   • 1989, Leonard W. Poon, David C. Rubin, Barbara A. Wilson, Everyday Cognition in Adulthood and Late Life, Cambridge University Press, page 399:

     These problems were not traditional problems with realistic stimuli, but rather were realistic in every regard.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to regard (third-person singular simple present regards, present participle regarding, simple past and past participle regarded)

1. To look at, gaze at.
2. To pay attention to.
3. To hold esteem, value.

[edit] Derived terms

• regardless
• self-regarding

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: adegrr
• Gerard
• grader
• red rag

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʁǝ.ɡaʁ/, SAMPA: /R@.gaR/

[edit] Noun

regard m

1. look, glance

   Ne t'éloigne pas de mon regard.

   Don't go far out of my sight.

2. manhole

[edit] Related terms

• regarder

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: adegrr
• garder
• Gérard