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{
"term": "regard",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "regard",
"heSheIt": "regards"
},
"pastSimple": "regarded",
"pastParticiple": "regarded",
"ingForm": "regarding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to think about somebody/something in a particular way",
"sensetop": "regard somebody/something + adv./prep.regard somebody/something/yourself as something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They regarded people outside their own town with suspicion.",
"contextForm": "regard somebody/something + adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "Her work is very **highly regarded**."
},
{
"text": "He regards himself as a patriot.",
"contextForm": "regard somebody/something/yourself as something"
},
{
"text": "Capital punishment was regarded as inhuman and immoral."
},
{
"text": "She is **widely regarded** as the current leader's natural successor."
},
{
"text": "Civil contempt is not properly regarded as a criminal offence."
},
{
"text": "Foxes were traditionally regarded as vermin."
},
{
"text": "He seemed to regard the whole thing as a joke."
},
{
"text": "I had come to regard him as a close friend."
},
{
"text": "It would be a mistake to regard the incident as unimportant."
},
{
"text": "Many of her works are regarded as classics."
},
{
"text": "She was highly regarded as a sculptor."
},
{
"text": "The crash could be reasonably regarded as an opportunity to invest."
},
{
"text": "The project was widely regarded as a success."
},
{
"text": "The successful are often tempted to regard their success as a kind of reward."
},
{
"text": "They tend to regard the open expression of emotion as being soft and feminine."
},
{
"text": "an agency long regarded as ineffectual"
},
{
"text": "She was well regarded by her contemporaries."
},
{
"text": "Today, the future is typically regarded with dread."
},
{
"text": "This work is generally regarded as his masterpiece."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["highly", "well", "generally"],
"verb + regard": ["appear to", "seem to", "tend to"],
"preposition": ["as", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to look at somebody/something, especially in a particular way",
"sensetop": "regard somebody/something (+ adv./prep.)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He regarded us suspiciously."
},
{
"text": "His eyes continued to regard her steadily."
},
{
"text": "She regarded the mess with distaste."
}
],
"synonyms": "contemplate",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["steadily", "intently", "curiously"],
"verb + regard": ["continue to"],
"preposition": ["with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "relating to or in connection with somebody/something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I have little information as regards her fitness for the post."
},
{
"text": "As regards the first point in your letter…"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːd/",
"audio": "re/regard/regard__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːdz/",
"audio": "re/regard/regards__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːdɪd/",
"audio": "re/regard/regarded__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/regard/regarding__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːrd/",
"audio": "re/regard/regard__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːrdz/",
"audio": "re/regard/regards__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːrdɪd/",
"audio": "re/regard/regarded__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːrdɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/regard/regarding__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French regarder ‘to watch’, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + garder ‘to guard’."
}