Meaning of "regard" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REGARD

From Old French regarder to look at, care about, from re- + garder to guard.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF REGARD

regard  [rɪˈɡɑːd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REGARD

Regard is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb regard in English.

WHAT DOES REGARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of regard in the English dictionary

The first definition of regard in the dictionary is to look closely or attentively at ; observe steadily. Other definition of regard is to hold in respect, admiration, or affection. Regard is also to look upon or consider in a specified way.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REGARD

PRESENT

Present

I regard

you regard

he/she/it regards

we regard

you regard

they regard

Present continuous

I am regarding

you are regarding

he/she/it is regarding

we are regarding

you are regarding

they are regarding

Present perfect

I have regarded

you have regarded

he/she/it has regarded

we have regarded

you have regarded

they have regarded

Present perfect continuous

I have been regarding

you have been regarding

he/she/it has been regarding

we have been regarding

you have been regarding

they have been regarding

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I regarded

you regarded

he/she/it regarded

we regarded

you regarded

they regarded

Past continuous

I was regarding

you were regarding

he/she/it was regarding

we were regarding

you were regarding

they were regarding

Past perfect

I had regarded

you had regarded

he/she/it had regarded

we had regarded

you had regarded

they had regarded

Past perfect continuous

I had been regarding

you had been regarding

he/she/it had been regarding

we had been regarding

you had been regarding

they had been regarding

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will regard

you will regard

he/she/it will regard

we will regard

you will regard

they will regard

Future continuous

I will be regarding

you will be regarding

he/she/it will be regarding

we will be regarding

you will be regarding

they will be regarding

Future perfect

I will have regarded

you will have regarded

he/she/it will have regarded

we will have regarded

you will have regarded

they will have regarded

Future perfect continuous

I will have been regarding

you will have been regarding

he/she/it will have been regarding

we will have been regarding

you will have been regarding

they will have been regarding

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would regard

you would regard

he/she/it would regard

we would regard

you would regard

they would regard

Conditional continuous

I would be regarding

you would be regarding

he/she/it would be regarding

we would be regarding

you would be regarding

they would be regarding

Conditional perfect

I would have regard

you would have regard

he/she/it would have regard

we would have regard

you would have regard

they would have regard

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been regarding

you would have been regarding

he/she/it would have been regarding

we would have been regarding

you would have been regarding

they would have been regarding

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you regard
we let´s regard
you regard

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to regard

Past participle

regarded

Present Participle

regarding

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «REGARD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «regard» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of regard

account · adjudge · affection · attachment · attend · attention · bearing · behold · care · check · check out · clock · compliments · concern · connection · consider · consideration · deem · deference · devoirs · esteem · eye · eyeball · gaze · get a load of · glance · heed · hold · honour · interest · judge · look · love · mind · note · notice · observe · rate · reference · relation · relevance · remark · reputation · repute · respect · respects · scrutinize · scrutiny · see · stare · store · sympathy · take into consideration · thought · treat · value · view · watch

TRANSLATION OF REGARD

Find out the translation of regard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of regard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «regard» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 关心
• Translator English - Spanish: consideración
• English: regard
• Translator English - Hindi: संबंध
• Translator English - Arabic: اِحْتِرام
• Translator English - Russian: забота
• Translator English - Portuguese: consideração
• Translator English - Bengali: regalness
• Translator English - French: considération
• Translator English - Malay: Kejayaan
• Translator English - German: Achtung
• Translator English - Japanese: 敬意
• Translator English - Korean: 존경
• Translator English - Javanese: Kekuwatan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự quý trọng
• Translator English - Tamil: regalness
• Translator English - Marathi: राजकारण
• Translator English - Turkish: regalness
• Translator English - Italian: considerazione
• Translator English - Polish: poważanie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: повага
• Translator English - Romanian: respect
• Translator English - Greek: υπόληψη
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verband
• Translator English - Swedish: aktning
• Translator English - Norwegian: henseende

10 QUOTES WITH «REGARD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word regard.

1

Peter Asher

Paul and I don't see that much of each other these days, but I certainly still regard him as a friend.

2

Mary Astell

Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy.

3

Kate Atkinson

I usually start writing a novel that I then abandon. When I say abandon, I don't think any writer ever abandons anything that they regard as even a half-good sentence. So you recycle. I mean, I can hang on to a sentence for several years and then put it into a book that's completely different from the one it started in.

4

Isaac Barrow

Whence it is somewhat strange that any men from so mean and silly a practice should expect commendation, or that any should afford regard thereto; the which it is so far from meriting, that indeed contempt and abhorrence are due to it.

5

Pope Benedict XVI

Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia.

6

Wendell Berry

The atmosphere, the earth, the water and the water cycle - those things are good gifts. The ecosystems, the ecosphere, those are good gifts. We have to regard them as gifts because we couldn't make them. We have to regard them as good gifts because we couldn't live without them.

7

Jo Beverley

I don't do guilt, but if I were to squint in that direction, it's probably enjoying simple computer games like Zuma. But I regard such things as part of my hand-eye coordination workout.

8

Joseph P. Bradley

In teaching, regard must be had to the faculties possessed by the pupil. In childhood, memory; in youth, the understanding; in mature life, the reason is the predominating faculty.

9

David Brainerd

Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God; and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others.

10

Peter Brimelow

I regard many of the neoconservatives as personal friends, but that's not stopped them from behaving with extraordinary viciousness towards those of us who raised the immigration issue.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REGARD»

Discover the use of regard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to regard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Regard

Glimpses into the life of a thirteen year old girl, whose time is primarily spent waiting between one incidental activity and another, the novel examines her encounters with boredom, friendship, isolation, violence, sexuality and longing, ...

Constantine Sult, 2007

The Stress of Her Regard

Back in print for the first time since 1994, this newly revised edition of The Stress of Her Regard will thrill both Powers fans and newcomers to this gripping Gothic tour de force.

Tim Powers, 2008

Self-Esteem: The Puzzle of Low Self-Regard

Summarizing and integrating the major empirical research of the past twenty years, this volume presents a thorough review of the subject, with a special focus on what sets people with low self-esteem apart from others.

Roy F. Baumeister, 1993

Regard

Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth is a curious yet reticent girl, awakening instinctually to the details and sensations of the world.

Pablo Gonzalez-Fernandez, 2005

The Equal-regard Family and Its Friendly Critics: Don ...

This volume is both a celebration and an evaluation of the work on sex, marriage, and family life by Don S. Browning, the dean of modern family studies in theological ethics and practical theology.

John Witte, Martha Christian Green, Amy Wheeler, 2007

Moral Self-regard: Duties to Oneself in Kant's Moral Theory

Moral Self-Regard draws on the work of Marcia Baron, Joseph Butler and Allen Wood, among others in this first extensive study of the nature, foundation and significance of duties to oneself in Kant's moral theory.

Lara Denis, 2001

Lady of High Regard, A (Ladies of Liberty Book #1)

Born into affluence, Mia Stanley is a winsome socialite with a knack for matchmaking.

Tracie Peterson, 2007

Regard for the Other: Autothanatography in Rousseau, De ...

This work focuses on autothanatography, the writing of one's death.

E. S. Burt, 2009

Positive regard: Carl Rogers and other notables he influenced

In the case of Carl Rogers, the revolutionary and widely published humanistic psychologist, this book offers several factors: his ideas, his way of relating to colleagues, friends, and family, and simply his way of being.

Melvin Suhd, 1995

Polynomials with Special Regard to Reducibility

This book covers most of the known results on reducibility of polynomials over arbitrary fields, algebraically closed fields and finitely generated fields.

A. Schinzel, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REGARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term regard is used in the context of the following news items.

Un Certain Regard Winners: 'Rams', 'The High Sun', 'Treasure …

UCR jury Isabella Rossellini's Un Certain Regard jury has given its top prize to Grímur Hákonarson's Rams (Hrutar). Set in a remote Icelandic valley, the comedy ... «Deadline, May 15»

Cannes: 'Rams' Wins Un Certain Regard Prize

The Un Certain Regard sidebar of the 68th Cannes Film Festival announced its winners on Saturday, with the jury awarding the top prize to Iceland's Rams ... «Hollywood Reporter, May 15»

Cannes Review: Naomi Kawase's Un Certain Regard Contender 'An'

This year, she's skipping the Official Competition in favor of opening the Un Certain Regard strand with "An" (which refers to a kind of sweet red bean paste), an ... «Indie Wire, May 15»

Cannes Unveils Un Certain Regard Jury

Nineteen films will be going head to head in Un Certain Regard, which officially opens on May 14 with a screening of Naomi Kawase's An (Sweet Red Bean ... «Deadline, May 15»

Cannes 2015: Indian Films Chauthi Koot, Maasan in Un Certain …

The Un Certain Regard section of this year's Cannes Film Festival will include two films from India - the Punjabi language Chauthi Koot and Maasan, directed by ... «NDTV, Apr 15»

Navy Restarts Effort To Fit 'Due Regard' Radar on Triton

The U.S. Navy has restarted its effort to fit a “due regard” radar on the new MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance aircraft. The service will incorporate the radar ... «Aviation International News, Apr 15»

Isabella Rossellini to head Cannes' 'Regard' jury

The festival was already going to be an important event for Rossellini even before this announcement: Cannes is honoring her mother's legacy with a special ... «Entertainment Weekly, Apr 15»

GA-ASI tests pre-production due regard radar onboard Predator B …

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has evaluated its pre-production due regard radar (DRR) onboard a Predator B remotely-piloted aircraft (RPA), ... «Airforce Technology, Feb 15»

'Unconditional Regard' Buoys Kids' Self-Esteem

Researchers found that when they had public school students think about times when their friends showed them "unconditional regard," it seemed to buffer them ... «HealthDay, Nov 14»

At The Track: Damien Oliver's growing regard for Melbourne Cup …

At The Track: Damien Oliver's growing regard for Melbourne Cup mount ... when asked about his Cup chances on the Johnny Murtagh-trained Mutual Regard. «Herald Sun, Nov 14»