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regard

Syllables: re·gardUK/ɹɪˈɡɑːd//ɹɪˈɡɑɹd/

regard noun: a steady look, a gaze.

Noun (1)

regard (countable and uncountable, plural regards)

  1. (countable) A steady look, a gaze.
    • 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.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 750
  2. One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference.
  3. (preceded by “in” or “with”) A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense.
    • This attempt will be made with every regard to the difficulty of the undertaking […]1842, Treuttel and Würtz, The Foreign Quarterly Review, page 144
    • 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 […]1903, Kentucky Mines, Minerals Dept, Annual Report, page 186
  4. (uncountable) The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held.
    • 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.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    • He is held in great regard in Whitehall.
    Synonyms:
    esteem, repute

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To look at; to observe.
    • 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.1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    behold, clock, look, geek, kool, squizz, take a butcher's, take a dekko, take a gander, vada
  2. (transitive) To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc.
    • I always regarded tabloid journalism as a social evil.
    • He regards honesty as a duty, but was regarded himself as (being) rather dangerous by the police.
  3. (archaic, transitive) To take notice of, pay attention to.
    • If much you note him / You ſhall offend him, and extend his Paſſion, / Feed, and regard him not.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    • I should not, however, so much mind if this folly [of giving children poetic names] were comprised in that domain of cold gentility, to which affectation usually confines itself. One does not regard seeing Miss Arabella seated at the piano, or her little sister Leonora tottling across the carpet to...1870, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery
  4. (transitive) To face toward.
    • Seated on a peninſula which regardeth the maine land ; ſtrong by nature, and fortified by Art : adorned heretofore with magnificent buildings ; and numbered amongſt the paradiſes of the earth, for temperate aire, and delightfull ſituation.1615, George Sandys, A Relation of a Iourney begun An. Dom. 1610, London: Andrew Crooke, published 1637, page 16
    • We pass’d by[…]that exceedingly beautifull scate of my Lord Pembroke, on yᵉ ascent of an hill, flank’d with wood, and reguarding the river ; and so at night to Cadenham, yᵉ mansion of Ed. Hungerford, Esq.1654 June 9, John Evelyn, edited by William Bray, Memoirs, new edition, London: Henry Colburn, published 1827, pages 70–1
    Synonyms:
    face, respect
  5. (transitive) To have to do with, to concern.
    • That argument does not regard the question.
    • 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.1821, edited by Curson Hansard, The parliamentary debates, Volume 3, page 809
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect.
    • Ther was a Iudge in a certayne cite which feared not god nether regarded man.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke xviij:[2]
    • Suppoſe they be in number infinit,
      Yet being voyd of Martiall diſcipline,
      All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles:
      And more regarding gaine than victorie: […]
      Their careleſſe ſwords ſhal lanch their fellows throats
      And make vs triumph in their ouerthrow.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

Noun (2)

regard (plural regards)

  1. (Internet, euphemistic) Filter-avoidance spelling of retard.

regard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

regard in Hindi

regard, trust
आस्था āsthā
regard, respect
बारा bārā
regard
आँख ā̃kh
regard, account, estimation
शुमार śumār

regard in Tamil

கவனத்தில் கொள், பொருட் படுத்து, அக்கறை காட்டு

regard in Urdu

regard, respect, revere, value, venerate
احترام کرنا ehterām karnā
regard, trust
آستھا āsthā
regard
دید dīd, مان mān, توجہ tavajju
regard, respect
رعایت ri'āyat

regard in Bengali

regard, respect
কদর kodor, আদর ador
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regard in Telugu
పరవా paravā, లెక్కపెట్టు lekkapeṭṭu, దృష్టి dr̥ṣṭi
regard in Malayalam
കരുതുക, ബഹുമാനിക്കുക, ബഹുമാനം
regard in Kannada
ಆದರ, ಮರ್ಯಾದೆ, ಮನ್ನಣೆ, ಗಮನ
regard in Punjabi
ਮਾਣ māṇ
regard in Odia
ପସନ୍ଦ pasanda, ପ୍ରଣୟ praṇaya, ଗଣିବା gaṇibā, ଘେନିବା ghenibā
regard in Sanskrit
सम्मान sammāna, आदर ādara, मन्यते manyate
regard in Sinhala
ටකනවා ṭakanawā

Examples of regard in a sentence

  • She regarded her pets as an extension of the family.
  • I regard such a way of life with distaste.
  • These problems were not traditional problems with realistic stimuli, but rather were realistic in every regard.1989, Leonard W. Poon, David C. Rubin, Barbara A. Wilson, Everyday Cognition in Adulthood and Late Life, Cambridge University Press, page...
  • Signior Leonato, truth it is good Signior, / Your neece regards me with an eye of fauour., [Act V, scene iv]
  • His associates seem to have regarded him with kindness, which, in spite of their admiration of his writings, was not unmixed with contempt.1857, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in Biographical and Historical Sketches, New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 49:
  • For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:

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Forms of regard

Noun
pluralregards
alternative form (obsolete)regarde
alternative form (obsolete)reguard
alternative form (obsolete)reguarde
Verb
third-person singular presentregards
present participleregarding
past participleregarded
pastregarded

Past tense of regard: regarded

Plural of regard: regards

Origin of regard

From Middle English regard, regarde, reguard, from Anglo-Norman reguard, from regarder, reguarder. Attested in Middle English starting around the mid 14th century. Piecewise doublet of reward; compare also guard, ward, guardian, and so on.

From Middle English regarden, from Old French regarder, reguarder. First attested in late Middle English, circa the early 15th century.

Popularized about 2022 along with regarded.

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Questions about regard

What does regard mean?
Regard means a steady look, a gaze.
What is regard in Hindi?
Regard in Hindi is आस्था (āsthā), बारा (bārā), आँख (ā̃kh). See Regard meaning in Hindi.
How do you use regard in a sentence?
She regarded her pets as an extension of the family.
What part of speech is regard?
Regard can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce regard?
Regard is pronounced /ɹɪˈɡɑːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of regard?
The plural of regard is regards.

Words near regard in the dictionary

  1. regalvanize
  2. regalvanized
  3. regalvanizes
  4. regalvanizing
  5. Regan
  6. regard
  7. regard ring
  8. regard rings
  9. regardable
  10. regardant
  11. regarde

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: regard (page history and authors); आँख (Hindi) (page history and authors); regard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); آستھا (Urdu) (page history and authors); আদর (Bengali) (page history and authors); దృష్టి (Telugu) (page history and authors); regard (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regard (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਮਾਣ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଗଣିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); ටකනවා (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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