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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
regard
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be seen/regarded as essential
▪ These measures are seen as essential for national security.
due regard/consideration
▪ We want the best for each individual child with due regard for the interests of the other children.
generally regarded/accepted/known etc
▪ The plants are generally regarded as weeds.
▪ a generally accepted view
highly regarded
▪ a highly regarded author
hold sb/sth in high esteem/regard (=respect them very much)
▪ As an educationalist, he was held in very high esteem.
▪ Romsey earned high praise from his boss.
regard/consider sth as crucial
▪ The city was regarded as crucial to the area’s defence.
scant regard
▪ They produce goods with scant regard for quality.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
high
▪ Turner could arguably find a more permanent niche with another side, through Hampshire have a high regard for his ability.
▪ While I hold these scholars and practitioners in the highest regard, I have not relied exclusively on their work.
▪ One of the rules shows that the Convention had a high regard for its dignity.
▪ Young women of this age show a high regard for each other's individuality and a greater ability to tolerate differences.
▪ They receive information on it from people they trust, and whose opinion they hold in high regard.
▪ He holds the rabbit in high regard as a sporting quarry.
low
▪ They also became aware of the low regard in which the farm worker is held outside their own rural area.
proper
▪ She seemed to have a proper regard for the frivolous things in life.
▪ Clearly its exercise must be governed by practical considerations, and by a proper regard for the rights of others.
▪ The Brezhnev leadership, like Stalin's, showed a proper regard for the political stakes in interstate rivalry.
scant
▪ Other criticisms of the Ridley ruling appear to show scant regard for the integrity of the retailer or its competitiveness.
▪ Wall Street is notorious for having scant regard for the future and even less for the past.
■ VERB
pay
▪ Accordingly, it is not necessary to pay any regard to the Convention.
▪ But I didn't pay much regard to that: that were all in the day's work.
▪ It was regrettable that the single justice had been advised that there was no need to pay regard to Meikle.
▪ For this reason it is essential to pay regard to different methods of applications development.
▪ I have always been led to believe that we must pay due regard to a Bill's title.
show
▪ Young women of this age show a high regard for each other's individuality and a greater ability to tolerate differences.
▪ You have shown too little regard for that - but you know my views.
▪ Traditionally comprised of technocrats with little concern for public input, the agency has shown even less regard for outside scrutiny.
▪ It shows a lack of regard for the other individual's reasoning capabilities, as opposed to their sensual qualities.
▪ Other criticisms of the Ridley ruling appear to show scant regard for the integrity of the retailer or its competitiveness.
▪ The Brezhnev leadership, like Stalin's, showed a proper regard for the political stakes in interstate rivalry.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
high opinion/regard/praise etc
▪ He has the highest regard for his hamster-locating abilities.
▪ It was a display which earned high praise, not least from Coventry boss Bobby Gould.
▪ Perhaps surprisingly, the indications are that Offa continued to hold Canterbury in high regard.
▪ Surely the Buckleys have risen to higher station, or at least a higher opinion of themselves.
▪ This, however, is no indication that they have a particularly high opinion of the spiritual contribution of women.
▪ While I hold these scholars and practitioners in the highest regard, I have not relied exclusively on their work.
kind regards
send your love/regards/best wishes etc
▪ He sends his best wishes to everybody at home.
▪ Mr Mason sends his best wishes for the success of the event.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ For most researchers there are two choices available in regard to instrument design.
▪ Henry Fielding was one of those who was annoyed by the poor's presumption in this regard.
▪ In every case, the need for empathy and positive regard is greatly increased.
▪ In this regard, do not limit yourself to experts.
▪ The first is in regard to numbers and the second concerns language.
▪ There are no employees with serious disabilities on the payroll either, though with regard to that issue also they are open-minded.
▪ When exercising its discretion the court will have regard to all the circumstances.
II.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ These two techniques of casting are regarded as distinct and having different geographical distributions.
▪ Some scholars say it will be regarded as only the slightest of blips on the radar screen of history.
▪ This cave, also known as Diccan Pot, must be regarded as absolutely out of bounds for all but hardy and experienced cavers.
▪ It can be regarded as private ownership at least as readily as it can public ownership.
▪ They are regarded as belonging to an earlier age of superstition and ignorance.
▪ Inner city schools are often regarded as corrupt in their intentions and management.
▪ How, then, to explain defeat in a war which was regarded as just?
▪ Survey questions pitched at a general level may elicit what respondents regard as socially approved values.
highly
▪ The artist is highly regarded internationally and has exhibited in many countries.
▪ Biondi, a highly regarded numbers cruncher, was seen as the man who was supposed to know about the reserve fund.
▪ Oldman was totally dedicated to the department and was highly regarded by his colleagues.
▪ He produced a report which is highly regarded.
▪ His latest move was to bring in highly regarded chef Brian Whitmer as a working partner.
▪ Two incidents marked his highly regarded but controversial career in Chicago.
▪ Treasury Secretary John B.. Connally was backing his appointment as a highly regarded tax professional.
widely
▪ It was widely regarded as presaging a new era of more co-operative meetings between the leaders of the two governments.
▪ Linda Nicholson is a member of the London Fortepiano Trio and is widely regarded as a leading fortepiano player.
▪ Thousands of pub landlords had been given notices to quit and offered lease agreements with rents widely regarded as excessive.
▪ Local government, however, is also widely regarded as an instrument of democratic self-government.
▪ Clark, a former political scientist widely regarded as cool and aloof, seemed transformed by power.
▪ The handling of the whole referendum affair was widely regarded by commentators as a humiliation for Tudjman's administration.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
high opinion/regard/praise etc
▪ He has the highest regard for his hamster-locating abilities.
▪ It was a display which earned high praise, not least from Coventry boss Bobby Gould.
▪ Perhaps surprisingly, the indications are that Offa continued to hold Canterbury in high regard.
▪ Surely the Buckleys have risen to higher station, or at least a higher opinion of themselves.
▪ This, however, is no indication that they have a particularly high opinion of the spiritual contribution of women.
▪ While I hold these scholars and practitioners in the highest regard, I have not relied exclusively on their work.
kind regards
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ She regarded him thoughtfully.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Apart from one being inward and the other outward, Locke regards reflection and sensation as being very similar.
▪ But before he is murdered, he makes several attacks on what he regards as outdated attitudes.
▪ But if the other party doesn't use this level of response themselves, they may regard you as insincere or phoney.
▪ Contemporaries certainly regarded them in this light.
▪ Contrary to expectations studies show that most people continue to regard themselves positively as they grow older.
▪ However, to public and professionals alike many old buildings are still regarded as representing little more than four external walls.
▪ The figures are regarded as targets rather than as criteria.
▪ Those of us somewhat informed regarding budget issues are aware that the East Grand Forks city budget is about $ 5.5 million.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Regard

Regard \Re*gard"\, n. [F. regard See Regard, v. t.]

  1. A look; aspect directed to another; view; gaze.

    But her, with stern regard, he thus repelled.
    --Milton.

  2. Attention of the mind with a feeling of interest; observation; heed; notice.

    Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard.
    --Shak.

  3. That view of the mind which springs from perception of value, estimable qualities, or anything that excites admiration; respect; esteem; reverence; affection; as, to have a high regard for a person; -- often in the plural.

    He has rendered himself worthy of their most favorable regards.
    --A. Smith.

    Save the long-sought regards of woman, nothing is sweeter than those marks of childish preference.
    --Hawthorne.

  4. State of being regarded, whether favorably or otherwise; estimation; repute; note; account.

    A man of meanest regard amongst them, neither having wealth or power.
    --Spenser.

  5. Consideration; thought; reflection; heed.

    Sad pause and deep regard become the sage.
    --Shak.

  6. Matter for consideration; account; condition. [Obs.] ``Reason full of good regard.''
    --Shak.

  7. Respect; relation; reference.

    Persuade them to pursue and persevere in virtue, with regard to themselves; in justice and goodness with regard to their neighbors; and piefy toward God.
    --I. Watts.

    Note: The phrase in regard of was formerly used as equivalent in meaning to on account of, but in modern usage is often improperly substituted for in respect to, or in regard to.
    --G. P. Marsh.

    Change was thought necessary in regard of the injury the church did receive by a number of things then in use.
    --Hooker.

    In regard of its security, it had a great advantage over the bandboxes.
    --Dickens.

  8. Object of sight; scene; view; aspect. [R.]

    Throw out our eyes for brave Othello, Even till we make the main and the a["e]rial blue An indistinct regard.
    --Shak.

  9. (O.Eng.Law) Supervision; inspection.

    At regard of, in consideration of; in comparison with. [Obs.] ``Bodily penance is but short and little at regard of the pains of hell.''
    --Chaucer.

    Court of regard, a forest court formerly held in England every third year for the lawing, or expeditation, of dogs, to prevent them from running after deer; -- called also survey of dogs.
    --Blackstone.

    Syn: Respect; consideration; notice; observance; heed; care; concern; estimation; esteem; attachment; reverence.

Regard

Regard \Re*gard"\ (r?*g?rd"), v. i. To look attentively; to consider; to notice. [Obs.]
--Shak.

Regard

Regard \Re*gard"\ (r?*g?rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Regarding.] [F. regarder; pref. re- re + garder to guard, heed, keep. See Guard, and cf. Reward.]

  1. To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

    Your niece regards me with an eye of favor.
    --Shak.

  2. Hence, to look or front toward; to face. [Obs.]

    It is peninsula which regardeth the mainland.
    --Sandys.

    That exceedingly beatiful seat, on the ass?ent of a hill, flanked with wood and regarding the river.
    --Evelyn.

  3. To look closely at; to observe attentively; to pay attention to; to notice or remark particularly.

    If much you note him, You offened him; . . . feed, and regard him not.
    --Shak.

  4. To look upon, as in a certain relation; to hold as an popinion; to consider; as, to regard abstinence from wine as a duty; to regard another as a friend or enemy.

  5. To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward; as, to regard one with favor or dislike.

    His associates seem to have regarded him with kindness.
    --Macaulay.

  6. To pay respect to; to treat as something of peculiar value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to esteem.

    He that regardeth thae day, regardeth it into the LOrd.
    --Rom. xiv. 6.

    Here's Beaufort, that regards nor God nor king.
    --Shak.

  7. To take into consideration; to take account of, as a fact or condition. ``Nether regarding that she is my child, nor fearing me as if II were her father.''
    --Shak.

  8. To have relation to, as bearing upon; to respect; to relate to; to touch; as, an argument does not regard the question; -- often used impersonally; as, I agree with you as regards this or that.

    Syn: To consider; observe; remark; heed; mind; respect; esteem; estimate; value. See Attend.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
regard

mid-14c., "a consideration; a judgment," from Old French regard, from regarder "take notice of," from re-, intensive prefix + garder "look, heed," from Germanic (see guard (n.)). Meanings "a look, appearance; respect, esteem, favor, kindly feeling which springs from a consideration of estimable qualities" all recorded late 14c. Phrase in regard to is from mid-15c. (Chaucer uses at regard of).

regard

mid-14c., "consider" (that something is so), from Middle French regarder "to look at," from regard (see regard (n.)). Meaning "look upon, observe" is from 1520s, as is that of "observe a certain respect toward." Related: Regarded; regarding.

Wiktionary
regard

Etymology 1 n. 1 (cx countable English) A steady look, a gaze. (from 15th c.) 2 One's concern for another; esteem. (from 16th c.) 3 (context preceded by “in” or “with” English) A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense. (from 16th c.) 4 (cx uncountable English) The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held. Etymology 2

vb. 1 (context transitive obsolete English) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect. (from 16th c.) 2 To look at; to observe. (from 16th c.) 3 (context transitive English) To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc. (from 16th c.)

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WordNet
regard

  1. v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider, reckon, view]

  2. look at attentively [syn: consider]

  3. connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" [syn: involve, affect]

regard

  1. n. (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect" [syn: respect]

  2. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" [syn: attentiveness, heed, paying attention] [ant: inattentiveness]

  3. (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes" [syn: wish, compliments]

  4. a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" [syn: gaze]

  5. the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" [syn: esteem, respect] [ant: disesteem]

  6. a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect" [syn: respect]

  7. an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him" [syn: respect, esteem] [ant: disrespect]

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Usage examples of "regard".

We may, however, omit for the present any consideration of the particular providence, that beforehand decision which accomplishes or holds things in abeyance to some good purpose and gives or withholds in our own regard: when we have established the Universal Providence which we affirm, we can link the secondary with it.

Now it is evident that in Penance something is done so that something holy is signified both on the part of the penitent sinner, and on the part of the priest absolving, because the penitent sinner, by deed and word, shows his heart to have renounced sin, and in like manner the priest, by his deed and word with regard to the penitent, signifies the work of God Who forgives his sins.

Lance Dixon of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center made a pivotal observation in this regard that was further amplified by Wolfgang Lerche of CERN, Vafa at Harvard, and Nicholas Warner, then of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Heisenberg could, of course, have said the same of the science of acoustics in regard to one born deaf.

I think proper here to acquaint them, that before she had quitted the room above stairs, she had so well covered herself with a pillowbeer which she there found, that her regard to decency was not in the least violated by the presence of so many men as were now in the room.

Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority, and should not be regarded as deciding questions of constitutional power, except where the acquiescence of the people and the States can be considered as well settled.

In regard to the physical aspects, in extreme cases acromegaly can produce a giant.

I believe you understand the skill and mental acuity it would take to make a discerning decision about such a discovery, since prior knowledge of ancient objects and religions may be too skewed to be of service regarding this matter.

Commend me to the Lord Adelantado in his favour, and give my regards to your brother and to all the others.

Church, not with speculations, but by demanding adherence to the old practice with regard to lapsed members.

However, I tend to think that passive participles do behave like normal adjectives in this regard.

On the 22nd of December, Lord John Russell rose to move the order of the day, for the house to resolve itself into a committee of supply, and at the same time took occasion to state that, although no measures could be taken by the house with regard to Canada, he nevertheless did not consider himself justified, in the actual condition of that province, to move the adjournment of the house beyond the 16th of January.

FELLOW-CITIZENS:--When the General Assembly, now about adjourning, assembled in November last, from the bankrupt state of the public treasury, the pecuniary embarrassments prevailing in every department of society, the dilapidated state of the public works, and the impending danger of the degradation of the State, you had a right to expect that your representatives would lose no time in devising and adopting measures to avert threatened calamities, alleviate the distresses of the people, and allay the fearful apprehensions in regard to the future prosperity of the State.

Does the man make anything of defrauding or defaming or hating another even to death, or of committing adultery with his wife, or of being cruel to him out of revenge, the while having the desire in mind to get the upper hand of all and to possess the goods of all others, thus regarding others in comparison with himself as insignificant and of little worth?

When the War of 1812 closed sentiment with regard to the army had made but little advancement, and consequently no place in the service was left for Negro soldiers.