regarding

B1
US /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/ UK /ɹɪˈɡɑːdɪŋ/
prep noun verb Freq #4257

Meanings

  1. 1
    prep

    Concerning, respecting.

    Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011).

  2. 2
    noun

    The act by which something is regarded or observed.

    […] God Invisible by the assumption of His Manhood was laid open to the regardings of our sight.

  3. 3
    verb

    present participle and gerund of regard

Etymology

By surface analysis, regard + -ing.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 prep · concerning, respecting. aboutaproposwith respect to

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