regarding
preposition
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Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/ / /ɹɪˈɡɑːdɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, regard + -ing.
- 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.”
“[…] to his wearied mates, seeking repose within six inches of his ivory heel, such would have been the reverberating crack and din of that bony step, that their dreams would have been of the crunching teeth of sharks. But once, the mood was on him too deep for common regardings; and as with heavy, lumber-like pace he was measuring the ship from taffrail to mainmast, Stubb, the odd second mate, came up from below […]”
prep
Etymology: By surface analysis, regard + -ing.
- 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).”
verb
Etymology: By surface analysis, regard + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of regard