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1. | [ verb ] consider or deem to be; regard | |
Synonyms: | consider see view reckon | |
Examples: | "She views this quite differently from me" "I consider her to be shallow" "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
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Related terms: | think deem expect include respect reconsider favor identify prize abstract like make capitalize disrespect reconsider consider honor receive relativize reify idealize call interpret position | |
2. | [ verb ] look at attentively | |
Synonyms: | consider | |
Related terms: | look gaze | |
3. | [ verb ] connect closely and often incriminatingly | |
Synonyms: | involve affect | |
Examples: | "This new ruling affects your business" |
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Related terms: | refer implicate respect | |
4. | [ noun ] (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point | |
Synonyms: | respect | |
Examples: | "it differs in that respect" |
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Related terms: | detail involve | |
5. | [ noun ] paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) | |
Synonyms: | heed paying_attention attentiveness | |
Examples: | "his attentiveness to her wishes" "he spends without heed to the consequences" |
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Related terms: | inattentiveness attention advertence heed heedless heedful | |
6. | [ noun ] (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare | |
Synonyms: | compliments wish | |
Examples: | "give him my kind regards" "my best wishes" |
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Related terms: | greeting plural | |
7. | [ noun ] a long fixed look | |
Synonyms: | gaze | |
Examples: | "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" |
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Related terms: | stare | |
8. | [ noun ] the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) | |
Synonyms: | respect esteem | |
Examples: | "it is held in esteem" "a man who has earned high regard" |
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Related terms: | disesteem honor stature respect | |
9. | [ noun ] a feeling of friendship and esteem | |
Synonyms: | respect | |
Examples: | "she mistook his manly regard for love" "he inspires respect" |
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Related terms: | affection respect | |
10. | [ noun ] an attitude of admiration or esteem | |
Synonyms: | respect esteem | |
Examples: | "she lost all respect for him" |
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Related terms: | disrespect attitude estimate respect | |
Similar spelling: |
Reighard regarding regardful regardant regard_to regard_as Reichard Record Reichardt recorder recorded recording |