regard

Forms

1.A steady look, a gaze.
- 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.
2.One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference.
3.A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense.
- These problems were not traditional problems with realistic stimuli, but rather were realistic in every regard.
4.The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held.
- He is held in great regard in Whitehall.

1.To look at; to observe.
2.To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc.
- I regard such a way of life with distaste.
- She regarded her pets as an extension of the family.
- I always regarded tabloid journalism as a social evil.
3.To face toward.
4.To have to do with, to concern.
- That argument does not regard the question.
- My lords, the question thus proposed by your lordships to the Judges must be admitted by all persons to be a question of great importance, as it regards the administration of justice.

Uncommon· #2266

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.