as regards something Definition

regard
verb regarded, regarding

1. To consider someone or something in a specified way.

Example: regarded him as a friend
Thesaurus: consider, fancy, deem, conceive of, think of.
2. To esteem or respect someone or something.

Example: regarded him highly
Thesaurus: admire, venerate, respect, esteem, value; Antonym: despise, hate.
3a. To pay attention to or take notice of something;
3b. To heed.
4. To look attentively or steadily at someone or something.

Thesaurus: observe, notice, view, look, watch, stare at, peruse, ogle, attend, mark, note.
5. To have a connection with or relate to something.

noun

1. Respect and often affection.

Thesaurus: respect, esteem, honour, favour, veneration, approval, appreciation, fondness, affection, attachment.
2. Thought or attention.

Thesaurus: notice, attention, consideration, reflection, thought, judgement.
3. Care or consideration.
4. A gaze or look.

Thesaurus: look, gaze, glance, view.
5. Connection or relation.
6a. Greetings;

Form: regards
6b. Respectful good wishes.

Example: Send him my regards
Form: regards

Derivative: regarder
noun

Derivative: regardful

Paying attention to or taking notice of it.

Showing regard or consideration.

Derivative: regardfully
adverb

Derivative: regarding
prep

About; concerning.
Thesaurus: on the subject of, concerning, about, with reference to, with regard to, in the matter of, touching, apropos, in respect of.

Idiom: as regards something

Concerning it.

Idiom: with regard to something

About it; concerning it.

So far as this relates to it.

Etymology: 14c: from French regarder to look at or take notice of, from garder to guard or keep watch.