regard
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From Old French regarder (“look at, observe, regard”), from re- + garder (“to keep, heed, mark”); see guard; compare reward.
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regard (plural regards)
- One's concern for another; esteem.
- (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.
- 1842, Treuttel and Würtz, The Foreign Quarterly Review, page 144:
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concern for another
aspect; detail
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regard (third-person singular simple present regards, present participle regarding, simple past and past participle regarded)
- (transitive) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect. [from 16th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XVIII:
- There was a Judge in a certaine cite, which feared not god nether regarded man.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XVIII:
- To look at; to observe. [from 16th c.]
- She regarded us warily.
- (transitive) To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc. [from 16th c.]
- I always regarded tabloid journalism as a social evil.
- (transitive, archaic) To take notice of, pay attention to. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To have to do with, to concern. [from 17th c.]
- 1821, edited by Curson Hansard, The parliamentary debates, Volume 3, page 809:
- My lords, the question thus proposed by your lordships to the Judges must be admitted by all persons to be a question of great importance, as it regards the administration of justice.
- 1851, Committee of the Bristol Total Abstinence Society, The Bristol temperance herald, page 68:
- this meeting regards the traffic in intoxicating liquors as the most prolific source of ignorance, poverty, crime, disease, and premature death
- 1821, edited by Curson Hansard, The parliamentary debates, Volume 3, page 809:
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- See also Wikisaurus:deem
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Most common English words before 1923: please · quiet · exclaimed · #699: regard · married · slowly · silence
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regard m. (plural regards)
- look, glance
- un regard en coin
- a side glance
- un regard en coin
- (uncountable) sight, gaze, eyes
- Ne t'éloigne pas de mon regard.
- Don't go far out of my sight.
- 1885, Loreau, Heriette (trans.), L’Ami commun (Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens), Part IV, chapter 10:
- [S]on regard s’arrêta fixe et morne, sans plus rien exprimer.
- His eyes stood still, and settled into that former intent unmeaning stare.
- [S]on regard s’arrêta fixe et morne, sans plus rien exprimer.
- Ne t'éloigne pas de mon regard.
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