noun · prep · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ɹɪˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ɹɪˈɡɑːdɪŋ/
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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
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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
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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
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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