regard

Noun

1. (countable) A steady look, a gaze.
2. (countable, uncountable) One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference.
3. (countable, uncountable) A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense.
4. (uncountable) The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held.

Verb

1. (transitive) To look at; to observe.
2. (transitive) To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc.
3. (archaic, transitive) To take notice of, pay attention to.
4. (transitive) To face toward.
5. (transitive) To have to do with, to concern.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈɡɑːd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: regard

Inherited from Middle English: regarden

In summary

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.

Synonyms

respect

esteem

consider

consideration

view

look at

deem

concern

think

🤔

heed

see

👀

watch

⌚

look

care

judge

🧑‍⚖️

gaze

honour

honor

care for

account

involve

count

🔢

reckon

value

observe

believe

pertain

stare

attention

reputation

repute

deference

pay attention to

revere

reverence

take into account

venerate

wish

mind

veneration

relation

contemplate

notice

think of

scrutiny

suppose

look on

greeting

👋

affect

estimation

Translations

regarder

considérer

betrachten

riguardare

égard

mirar

ansehen

mirar

👀

betreffen

concernere

considerazione

respect

bekijken

rispetto

guardare