regard
verb [T usually + adv/prep] /rɪˈɡɑːd/
/-ˈɡɑːrd/ Definition
B2 to consider or have an opinion about something or someone: Local people regard the idea of a motorway through their village with horror. Her parents always regarded her as the cleverest of their children.Imagining and conceiving › formal to look carefully at something or someone: The bird regarded me with suspicion as I walked up to its nest.Using the eyesEyesight, glasses and lensesThe eye and surrounding areaPerceptive as regards B2 formal › in connection with: There is no problem as regards the financial arrangements.Regarding and concerningLinking and relating
(Definition of regard verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a reach of the imagination idiom
- assume verb (ACCEPT)
- blue-sky adjective
- conceivable adjective
- conceive verb (IMAGINE)
- conceive verb (INVENT)
- conceptualize verb
- dream verb (HOPE)
- dream verb (SLEEP)
- grant verb (ACCEPT)
- guess verb
- look on/upon sb/sth as sth phrasal verb
- picture noun (IMAGE)
- picture verb
- presumption noun
- put yourself in sb's place/position/shoes idiom
- reckon verb (CONSIDER)
- vision noun (MENTAL IMAGE)
- vision noun (VIEW OF THE FUTURE)
- visualize verb
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