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Regard

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ɹɪˈɡɑːd

Definitions

  1. A steady look, a gaze.
    countable
  2. Filter-avoidance spelling of retard.
    Internet, euphemistic
  3. One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference.
    countable, uncountable
  4. A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense.
    countable, uncountable
  5. The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held.
    uncountable

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Examples

“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.”
“This attempt⟳ will be made with every regard to the difficulty of the undertaking […]”
“We are spending a lot of money trying to put⟳ this mine in shape⟳; we are anxious to comply with the wishes of your office in every regard […]”
“These problems were not traditional problems with realistic stimuli, but rather were realistic in every regard.”
“Dolph. For the Dolphin, I stand⟳ here for him: what to him from England? Exe. Scorne and defiance, sleight regard, contempt, And any thing that may not mis-become The mightie Sender, doth he prize you at.”
“He is held in great regard in Whitehall.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

regard ring Regarded regarder Regardful Regardfully Regardfulness

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