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regard

/ɹɪˈɡɑɹd/ verb B1
  1. To look at; to observe. (transitive) · She regarded us warily.
  2. To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc. (transitive) · I always regarded tabloid journalism as a social evil.· He regards honesty as a duty, but was regarded himself as (being) rather dangerous by the police.
  3. To face toward. (transitive)
  4. To have to do with, to concern. (transitive) · That argument does not regard the question.

He/she/it regards · Past regarded · Past participle regarded · -ing form regarding

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Verb forms

Base form
regard
He/she/it
regards
Past
regarded
Past participle
regarded
-ing form
regarding

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His devotion, and the compassion he showed for her misfortunes, produced the effect they always produce on noble minds—Mercédès had always had a sincere regard for Fernand, and this was now strengthened by gratitude.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 126 · C1
“Anne Shirley,” faltered the shrinking child, not daring to make any stipulations regarding the spelling thereof, “and I’m eleven years old.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 58 · C1
I am not a whole-souled admirer of womankind, as you are aware, Watson, but my experience of life has taught me that there are few wives, having any regard for their husbands, who would let any man’s spoken word stand between them and that husband’s dead body.
The Valley of Fear, p. 69 · C1
Rachel Lynde’s door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 1 · C1

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