gaze, regard
(noun) a long fixed look; âhe fixed his paternal gaze on meâ
attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention
(noun) paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); âhis attentiveness to her wishesâ; âhe spends without heed to the consequencesâ
respect, regard
(noun) (usually preceded by âinâ) a detail or point; âit differs in that respectâ
respect, esteem, regard
(noun) an attitude of admiration or esteem; âshe lost all respect for himâ
regard, wish, compliments
(noun) (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someoneâs welfare; âgive him my kind regardsâ; âmy best wishesâ
regard, respect
(noun) a feeling of friendship and esteem; âshe mistook his manly regard for loveâ; âhe inspires respectâ
esteem, regard, respect
(noun) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); âit is held in esteemâ; âa man who has earned high regardâ
see, consider, reckon, view, regard
(verb) deem to be; âShe views this quite differently from meâ; âI consider her to be shallowâ; âI donât see the situation quite as negatively as you doâ
regard, consider
(verb) look at attentively
involve, affect, regard
(verb) connect closely and often incriminatingly; âThis new ruling affects your businessâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
regard (countable and uncountable, plural regards)
(countable) A steady look, a gaze. [from 15th c.]
One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference. [from 16th c.]
(preceded by âinâ or âwithâ) A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense. [from 16th c.]
(uncountable) The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held.
Synonyms: esteem, repute
• consideration, onlook, respect
• (concern for another): neglect
regard (third-person singular simple present regards, present participle regarding, simple past and past participle regarded)
To look at; to observe. [from 16th c.]
(transitive) To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc. [from 16th c.]
(transitive, archaic) To take notice of, pay attention to. [from 16th c.]
(transitive) To face toward.
(transitive) To have to do with, to concern. [from 17th c.]
(transitive, obsolete) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect. [from 16th c.]
• (to look at): See Thesaurus:look
• (to consider): See Thesaurus:deem
• (to take notice of): See Thesaurus:pay attention
• ignore
• neglect
• Drager, Gerard, Grader, grader, red rag, redrag
Source: Wiktionary
Re*gard" (r*grd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Regarding.] Etym: [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 assregarding 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.
Re*gard" (r*grd"), v. i.
Definition: To look attentively; to consider; to notice. [Obs.] Shak.
Re*gard", n. Etym: [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 conssideration; 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 aërial blue An indistinct regard. Shak.
9. (O.Eng.Law)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
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