Search results for 'regard':

regard verb (regarded, regarding) 1 to consider someone or something in a specified way • regarded him as a friend. 2 to esteem or respect someone or something • regarded him highly. 3 a to pay attention to or take notice of something; b to heed. 4 to look attentively or steadily at someone or something. 5 to have a connection with or relate to something. noun 1 a esteem; b respect and affection. 2 thought or attention. 3 care or consideration. 4 a gaze or look. 5 connection or relation. 6 (regards) a greetings; b respectful good wishes • Send him my regards. regarder noun. regardful adj 1 (often regardful of something) paying attention to or taking notice of it. 2 showing regard or consideration. regardfully adverb. regarding prep about; concerning. as regards something concerning it. with regard to something 1 about it; concerning it. 2 so far as this relates to it.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French regarder to look at or take notice of, from garder to guard or keep watch.