Regard

/ɹɪˈɡɑːd/ · noun

Meaning

(countable) A steady look, a gaze..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) A steady look, a gaze.
2. One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference.
3. (preceded by “in” or “with”) A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense.
4. (uncountable) The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held.
5. (transitive) To look at; to observe.
6. (transitive) To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc.
7. (transitive, archaic) To take notice of, pay attention to.
8. (transitive) To face toward.

Example Sentences

He bathed in the memory of her blondness, of her warm blue regard, and the sentiment permeated his sensibility with tenderness made the more rich because its object was someone long since dead.

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

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 […]

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

He is held in great regard in Whitehall.

Dolph. For the Dolphin, I stand here for him: what to him from England? Exe. Scorne and defiance, sleight regard, contempt, And any thing that may not mis-become The mightie Sender, doth he prize you at.

She regarded us warily.

And They made the Moon, with his face wrinkled with many mountains and worn with a thousand valleys, to regard with pale eyes the games of the small gods, and to watch throughout the resting time of Māna-Yood-Sushāī; to watch, to regard all things, and be silent.

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Word Forms

• regards
• regarde
• reguard
• reguarde
• regarding
• regarded

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