regard

Meanings

Noun

• A steady look, a gaze.
• One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference.
• A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense.
• The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held.

Verb

• To look at; to observe.
• To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc.
• To take notice of, pay attention to.
• To face toward.
• To have to do with, to concern.
• To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect.

Related

Similar words

• consideration, onlook, respect

Opposite words

• neglect
• ignore

Origin

• From Middle English regard, regarde, reguard, from Anglo-Norman reguard, from regarder, reguarder. Attested in Middle English starting around the mid 14th century. Compare guard, reward, guardian, and so on.
• From Middle English regarden, from Old French regarder, reguarder. First attested in late Middle English, circa the early 15th century.