Question 1 · Quick check
regard
CEFRB1
/ɹɪˈɡɑːd/
verb · noun
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To consider or think about someone or something in a certain way.
- 02
noun
Respect or admiration for someone or something.
Examples
Please show proper regard for the rules of the local park.
With regard to the membership fee, you must ask the treasurer of the club.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsA particular aspect or detail; respect, sense.
One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference.
noun
Extra meaningA steady look, a gaze.
More examples
In contextYour essay is admirable in regard to style.
He is held in great regard in Whitehall.
He bathed in the memory of her blondness, of her warm blue regard, and the sentiment permeated his sensibility with tenderness made the more rich because its object was someone long since dead.
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Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
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Origin
verb
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.