Phrase guide

with regard to

prep · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep

Meaning 1

Concerning; about.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I am writing with regard to the advertisement that you placed in last week's Daily News.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِيمَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِـ (fi-mā yataʕallaqu bi-) — concerning
  • Arabic: بِالنِّسَبَة لِـ (bi-n-nisba li) — concerning
  • Asturian: en cuanto a — concerning
  • Bulgarian: отно́сно (otnósno) — concerning
  • Catalan: quant a — concerning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 关于 (guānyú) — concerning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 至于 (zhìyú) — concerning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 在......方面 — concerning
  • Finnish: koskien — concerning
  • Finnish: liittyen — concerning
  • Finnish: tiimoilta — concerning
  • French: à propos de — concerning
  • French: à l’égard de — concerning
  • French: quant à — concerning
  • Galician: en canto a — concerning
  • Galician: canto a — concerning
  • German: bezüglich — concerning
  • German: in Bezug auf — concerning
  • German: hinsichtlich — concerning
  • Greek: όσον αφορά (óson aforá) — concerning
  • Greek: σχετικά με (schetiká me) — concerning
  • Hungarian: illetően — concerning
  • Hungarian: tekintetében — concerning
  • Hungarian: kapcsolatban — concerning
  • Hungarian: kapcsolatosan — concerning
  • Hungarian: terén — concerning
  • Hungarian: vonatkozásában — concerning
  • Irish: i dtaca le — concerning
  • Italian: in quanto a — concerning
  • Italian: per quanto riguarda — concerning
  • Italian: in merito a — concerning
  • Polish: w sprawie — concerning
  • Portuguese: quanto a — concerning
  • Portuguese: a respeito de — concerning
  • Romanian: apropo de — concerning
  • Russian: относительно (otnositelʹno) — concerning
  • Scottish Gaelic: ri linn — concerning
  • Scottish Gaelic: a thaobh — concerning
  • Spanish: con respecto a — concerning
  • Spanish: con respecto de — concerning
  • Spanish: con relación a — concerning