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English noun: regard | |||
| 1. | regard (cognition) (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point | ||
| Samples | It differs in that respect. | ||
| Synonyms | respect | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | detail, item, point | ||
| 2. | regard (cognition) paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) | ||
| Samples | His attentiveness to her wishes. He spends without heed to the consequences. | ||
| Synonyms | attentiveness, heed, paying attention | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attending, attention | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | advertence, advertency | ||
| Attribute | attentive, heedful, heedless, paying attention, thoughtful, unheeding | ||
| Antonyms | heedlessness, inattentiveness | ||
| 3. | regard (communication) (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare | ||
| Samples | Give him my kind regards. My best wishes. | ||
| Synonyms | compliments, wish | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | greeting, salutation | ||
| Domain usage | plural, plural form | ||
| 4. | regard (act) a long fixed look | ||
| Samples | He fixed his paternal gaze on me. | ||
| Synonyms | gaze | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stare | ||
| 5. | regard (state) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) | ||
| Samples | It is held in esteem. A man who has earned high regard. | ||
| Synonyms | esteem, respect | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | honor, honour, laurels | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | stature | ||
| Antonyms | disesteem | ||
| 6. | regard (feeling) a feeling of friendship and esteem | ||
| Samples | She mistook his manly regard for love. He inspires respect. | ||
| Synonyms | respect | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness | ||
| 7. | regard (cognition) an attitude of admiration or esteem | ||
| Samples | She lost all respect for him. | ||
| Synonyms | esteem, respect | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attitude, mental attitude | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | estimate, estimation | ||
| Antonyms | disrespect | ||
English verb: regard | |||
| 1. | regard (cognition) deem to be | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | consider, reckon, see, view | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | believe, conceive, consider, think | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abstract, appreciate, call, capitalise, capitalize, consider, deem, disesteem, disrespect, esteem, expect, favor, favour, hold, idealise, idealize, identify, include, like, make, prise, prize, prize, receive, reconsider, reconsider, reify, relativise, relativize, respect, take for, treasure, value, value, view as | ||
| Verb group | construe, interpret, see | ||
| 2. | regard (perception) look at attentively | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot regard Sue | ||
| Synonyms | consider | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | look | ||
| 3. | regard (stative) connect closely and often incriminatingly | ||
| Samples | This new ruling affects your business. | ||
| Synonyms | affect, involve | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | implicate | ||
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