regarding

verbprepositionnouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ɹɪˈɡɑːdɪŋ//
United States//ɹɪˈɡɑɹdɪŋ//

Concerning, respecting.

verb

1
Also a form of regardpresent participle and gerund of regard

Etymology

By surface analysis, regard + -ing.

preposition

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).

noun

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.

Forms

plural: regardings

Regan · A surname from Irish from Irish Ó Riagáin, variant of Reagan.regard · A steady look, a gaze.regarded · Filter-avoidance spelling of retarded.

regarding · Concerning, respecting.

regardless · Without attention to warnings or indications of bad…regards · Good wishes. A greeting to pass on to another person.regent · One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the…

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