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regarding en · ADP

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • /ɹɪˈɡɑːdɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

By surface analysis, regard + -ing.

Meanings

  1. Concerning, respecting.
    • Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011). 2015 November 30, Shane O'Mara, Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 12:

Synonyms

apropos · about · with respect to

Translations (71)

he בנושא (concerning) · km រីឯ (concerning) · ro în ceea ce privește (concerning) · sv beträffande (concerning) · ko ...에 대한 (concerning) · cs ohledně (concerning) · so la xiriidha (concerning) · tr ilişkin (concerning) · da vedrørende (concerning) · sv gällande (concerning) · ka დაკავშირებით (concerning) · uk стосо́вно (concerning) · so arrinta ku saabsan (concerning) · ta குறித்து (concerning) · ro privind (concerning) · ja ...に関して (concerning) · fi koskien (concerning) · fr au sujet de (concerning) · ja ...に付いて (concerning) · es atañendo (concerning) · it in quanto a (concerning) · fr concernant (concerning) · arz بالنسبة لـ (concerning) · ga i dtaca le (concerning) · pt sobre (concerning) · fr quant à (concerning) · es respecto a (concerning) · de mit Bezug auf (concerning) · be адно́сна (concerning) · sv rörande (concerning) · fi suhteen (concerning) · ko ...에 관해서 (concerning) · gd mu dheidhinn (concerning) · hi विषयक (concerning) · gl verbo de (concerning) · ro în ce privește (concerning) · de bezüglich (concerning) · ar فِي صَدَد (concerning) · es respecto de (concerning) · ru относи́тельно (concerning) · es en relación con (concerning) · uk відно́сно (concerning) · pl odnośnie (concerning) · cmn 關於 /关于 (concerning) · ru насчёт (concerning) · fa دربارهٔ (concerning) · grc περί (concerning) · nn vedrørande (concerning) · ru каса́тельно (concerning) · sv angående (concerning) · fr à propos de (concerning) · hy վերաբերյալ (concerning) · ru о (concerning) · eo pri (concerning) · es respectando (concerning) · he באשר ל־ (concerning) · ba тураһында (concerning) · ja ...に対して (concerning) · es con lo de (concerning) · gd ri linn (concerning) · es en/por lo que respecta a (concerning) · uk що́до (concerning) · vi về (concerning) · ar بِالنِّسْبَة لِـ (concerning) · es para con (concerning) · ar بِالنِّسْبَة إِلَى (concerning) · bg отно́сно (concerning) · es respectivo/pertinente/respectante/atañedero a (concerning) · yi װעגן (concerning) · sq për sa i përket (concerning) · pt quanto a (concerning)

regarding en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • /ɹɪˈɡɑːdɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

By surface analysis, regard + -ing.

Meanings

  1. The act by which something is regarded or observed.
    • […] God Invisible by the assumption of His Manhood was laid open to the regardings of our sight. 1844, Pope Gregory I, Morals on the Book of Job:
    • […] to his wearied mates, seeking repose within six inches of his ivory heel, such would have been the reverberating crack and din of that bony step, that their dreams would have been of the crunching teeth of sharks. But once, the mood was on him too deep for common regardings; and as with heavy, lumber-like pace he was measuring the ship from taffrail to mainmast, Stubb, the odd second mate, came up from below […] 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
regardings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

nonregarding · unregarding · self-regarding

regarding en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • /ɹɪˈɡɑːdɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

By surface analysis, regard + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of regard
    form of regard