{
    "term": "regard",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "regard",
            "heSheIt": "regards"
        },
        "pastSimple": "regarded",
        "pastParticiple": "regarded",
        "ingForm": "regarding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to think about somebody/something in a particular way",
            "sensetop": "regard somebody/something + adv./prep.regard somebody/something/yourself as something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They regarded people outside their own town with suspicion.",
                    "contextForm": "regard somebody/something + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her work is very **highly regarded**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He regards himself as a patriot.",
                    "contextForm": "regard somebody/something/yourself as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Capital punishment was regarded as inhuman and immoral."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is **widely regarded** as the current leader's natural successor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Civil contempt is not properly regarded as a criminal offence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Foxes were traditionally regarded as vermin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He seemed to regard the whole thing as a joke."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had come to regard him as a close friend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It would be a mistake to regard the incident as unimportant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many of her works are regarded as classics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was highly regarded as a sculptor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crash could be reasonably regarded as an opportunity to invest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The project was widely regarded as a success."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The successful are often tempted to regard their success as a kind of reward."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They tend to regard the open expression of emotion as being soft and feminine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an agency long regarded as ineffectual"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was well regarded by her contemporaries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Today, the future is typically regarded with dread."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This work is generally regarded as his masterpiece."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["highly", "well", "generally"],
                "verb + regard": ["appear to", "seem to", "tend to"],
                "preposition": ["as", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to look at somebody/something, especially in a particular way",
            "sensetop": "regard somebody/something (+ adv./prep.)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He regarded us suspiciously."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His eyes continued to regard her steadily."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She regarded the mess with distaste."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "contemplate",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["steadily", "intently", "curiously"],
                "verb + regard": ["continue to"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "relating to or in connection with somebody/something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I have little information as regards her fitness for the post."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As regards the first point in your letter…"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːd/",
                "audio": "re/regard/regard__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːdz/",
                "audio": "re/regard/regards__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːdɪd/",
                "audio": "re/regard/regarded__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/regard/regarding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːrd/",
                "audio": "re/regard/regard__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːrdz/",
                "audio": "re/regard/regards__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːrdɪd/",
                "audio": "re/regard/regarded__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡɑːrdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/regard/regarding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French regarder ‘to watch’, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + garder ‘to guard’."
}