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# regard

«regard» in Mova's school dictionary: **To regard someone or something as something is to think…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (regard, regards, regarded, regarding); noun (regard, regards)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To regard someone or something as something is to think of them that way: I regard him as a friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regard/#m1)

2) (formal) To regard is to look at carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regard/#m2)

3) (noun) Regard is respect or care: She has great regard for her teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regard/#m3)

4) (plural) Regards are kind wishes: «Give my regards to your mum.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regard/#m4)

5) (formal) «With regard to» or «regarding» means about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regard/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In letters and emails «Kind regards» or «Best regards» is a polite ending. In formal and exam language «with regard to» means «about». In maths exam wording «regard the table as a rectangle» means treat it as one. Phrases: in this regard, without regard for.

### examples

- I regard her as my best friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regard/#x1)
- Kind regards, Sam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regard/#x2)
- Give my regards to your grandparents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regard/#x3)
- (formal) With regard to the trip, please bring a packed lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regard/#x4)
- He showed no regard for the rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regard/#x5)
- She is highly regarded by her pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regard/#x6)
- The cat regarded the dog with suspicion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regard/#x7)
- “And as regards Fionn?” said Cormac. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regard/#x8)

### note

Regular verb. «Regard … as»: you need «as» — «I regard it as fair», not «I regard it fair». «Regards» (plural) means good wishes; «regard» (singular) means respect. «Regardless» means without caring about; «irregardless» is not standard.

### In the corpora

- [Also regard not your stuff; for the good things of all the land of Egypt are yours.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1494/)
- [Then she said: 'A bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.108/)
- [Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard lying words.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.125/)
- [and he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.256/)
- [a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favour to the young.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.787/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «regard» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/regard/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.