Standard Lemma guide

regarding

noun · prep · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡɑːdɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 G AA1 R D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act by which something is regarded or observed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

prep

Meaning 2

Concerning, respecting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of regard

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, regard + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: për sa i përket — concerning
  • Arabic: بِالنِّسْبَة لِـ — concerning
  • Arabic: بِالنِّسْبَة إِلَى — concerning
  • Arabic: فِي صَدَد (fī ṣadad) — concerning
  • Arabic: بالنسبة لـ (benesba le) — concerning
  • Armenian: վերաբերյալ (veraberyal) — concerning
  • Bashkir: тураһында (turahında) — concerning
  • Belarusian: адно́сна (adnósna) — concerning
  • Bulgarian: отно́сно (otnósno) — concerning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 關於 /关于 (guānyú) — concerning
  • Czech: ohledně — concerning
  • Danish: vedrørende — concerning
  • Esperanto: pri — concerning
  • Finnish: suhteen — concerning
  • Finnish: koskien — concerning
  • French: quant à — concerning
  • French: concernant — concerning
  • French: à propos de — concerning
  • French: au sujet de — concerning
  • Galician: verbo de — concerning
  • Georgian: დაკავშირებით (daḳavširebit) — concerning
  • German: bezüglich — concerning
  • German: mit Bezug auf — concerning
  • Ancient Greek: περί (perí) — concerning
  • Hebrew: בנושא (benosé) — concerning
  • Hebrew: באשר ל־ (beashér le-) — concerning
  • Hindi: विषयक (viṣyak) — concerning
  • Irish: i dtaca le — concerning
  • Italian: in quanto a — concerning
  • Japanese: ...に付いて (... ni tsuite) — concerning
  • Japanese: ...に関して (... ni kan shite) — concerning
  • Japanese: ...に対して (... ni tai shite) — concerning
  • Khmer: រីឯ (rii ʼae) — concerning
  • Korean: ...에 관해서 (...-e gwanhaeseo) — concerning
  • Korean: ...에 대한 (...-e daehan) — concerning
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vedrørande — concerning
  • Persian: دربارهٔ (darbâre-ye) — concerning
  • Polish: odnośnie — concerning
  • Portuguese: sobre — concerning
  • Portuguese: quanto a — concerning
  • Romanian: privind — concerning
  • Romanian: în ce privește — concerning
  • Romanian: în ceea ce privește — concerning
  • Russian: относи́тельно (otnosítelʹno) — concerning
  • Russian: каса́тельно (kasátelʹno) — concerning
  • Russian: о — concerning
  • Russian: насчёт (nasčót) — concerning
  • Scottish Gaelic: ri linn — concerning
  • Scottish Gaelic: mu dheidhinn — concerning
  • Somali: arrinta ku saabsan — concerning
  • Somali: la xiriidha — concerning
  • Spanish: respecto a — concerning
  • Spanish: respecto de — concerning
  • Spanish: respectando — concerning
  • Spanish: respectivo/pertinente/respectante/atañedero a — concerning
  • Spanish: atañendo — concerning
  • Spanish: en/por lo que respecta a — concerning
  • Spanish: para con — concerning
  • Spanish: con lo de — concerning
  • Spanish: en relación con — concerning
  • Swedish: rörande — concerning
  • Swedish: angående — concerning
  • Swedish: beträffande — concerning
  • Swedish: gällande — concerning
  • Tamil: குறித்து (kuṟittu) — concerning
  • Turkish: ilişkin — concerning
  • Ukrainian: що́до (ščódo) — concerning
  • Ukrainian: відно́сно (vidnósno) — concerning
  • Ukrainian: стосо́вно (stosóvno) — concerning
  • Vietnamese: về — concerning
  • Yiddish: װעגן (vegn) — concerning
Real reading context

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