regardless of

English

Preposition

regardless of

1. without attention to

   He smoked cigars regardless of the consequences.

Synonyms

• irrespective of

Usage notes

• regardless, without of, is sometimes used as a preposition.
• This term can also be analyzed as an adjective "regardless" that takes a prepositional phrase headed by "of" as its complement.

Translations

without attention to

• Czech: bez ohledu na (cs)
• Finnish: välittämättä (fi)

• Italian: a prescindere da (it)
• Swedish: oavsett (sv), bortsett från (sv)

See also

• despite