Consider or regard?
Consider and regard can both mean ‘believe’ or ‘realise’ or ‘understand’. When they mean ‘believe’ or ‘realise’ or ‘understand’, we don’t often use the continuous forms. …
regard
noun[ U ]
 formaluk /rɪˈɡɑːd/ us /rɪˈɡɑːrd/
C1
respect or admiration for someone or something: 尊敬，尊重;关心，关注
The company holds her in high regard.公司很器重她。
He has no regard for other people's feelings.他毫不尊重别人的感情。

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to admire someone or something
admireI've always admired her for her generous spirit.
respectI respect her for what she has achieved, but I would have approached it very differently.
think highly ofEveryone thinks highly of him.
hold someone in high esteemHer colleagues in Washington hold her in very high esteem.
hold someone in high regardHe contributed much to the life of York, and was held in high regard there.
look up toShe was my older sister and I looked up to her.
 in/with regard to
B2
in connection with: 关于，至于
I am writing to you with regard to your letter of 15 March.兹复3月15日贵函。

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

about
aboutWe always seem to talk about money.
regardingI wrote to them regarding the new contract.
concerningWhat is your letter concerning?
in/with regard toComplaints have been made with regard to your behaviour in the office.
in connection withShe is wanted for questioning in connection with the disappearance of their child.
onShe’s writing a book on feminism in the 21st century.
 in this/that regard
in this particular way: 在这／那方面；在这／那一点上
The union is the largest in the country and in this/that regard is best placed to serve its members.这家工会是全国最大的，从这方面说，可为其成员提供最好的服务。
 regardsB1[ plural ]formal
greetings: 问候；致意
Please give/send/convey my regards to your mother if you see her.如果见到你母亲，请代我问候她／代我向她问好／向她转达我的问候。
Her reply was typical of her constant regard for self.她的答复明显说明她一贯只想着私利。
We employ people without regard to their political or sexual orientation.
He showed scant regard for the truth.
The players held their captain in high regard.
Each of the designs is unique in this regard.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Showing respect and admiration
admiration
admire
admiring
admiringly
approving
approvingly
deify
forelock
freedom
fulsome
fulsomely
fulsomeness
glorify
grovelling
pedestal
philogynist
philogyny
put someone on a pedestalidiom
regild
worshipful

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Regarding and concerning
Particular and individual
Welcoming, greeting & greetings
Written greetings

regard | American Dictionary

regard
verb[ Talways+ adv/prep ]
us/rɪˈɡɑrd/
to consider or think about something in a particular way, or to look carefully at someone or something:
Laura is highly regarded by her colleagues.
The dog regarded me with suspicion as I approached the door.

regard | Business English

regard
noun
uk /rɪˈɡɑːd/us
 regards[ plural ]
COMMUNICATIONS
used to send good wishes to someone at the end of a letter or an email, or to ask someone to give greetings to another person who is not present:
I look forward to hearing from you. With kind regards, David Price.
Please convey my regards to your boss.
 in/with regard to sb/sth
in connection with someone or something:
I am writing to you with regard to your letter of 15 March.

Examples of regard

regard
In the above conversation, the nurse followed up her responsibilities agreed at the discharge planning meeting regarding discussing discharge issues with the patient.
The qualitative analyses focus on the learners' metalinguistic knowledge with regard to article selection.
Controlling relationships vary from those that involve contingent regard and psychological control to those that are physically controlling and coercive.
Given the observed difference between men and women as regards to psychological distress, all analyses were conducted separately for men and women.
Assertives engage the speaker regarding the truth of the statement he/she is making : the psychological state being expressed is a belief.
Reliability between reviewers (regarding the decision to include or exclude an article) was calculated using kappa statistics.
Up until the twentieth century, regulations regarding marital fitness tended to follow the common-law rules on the capacity of parties to contract.
Conclusions regarding the possible connexion between the mean particle paths and the temperature field must be made with caution.
A random railway is a random 3-regular multigraph where each vertex is regarded as a switch in a randomly chosen orientation.
But the question regarding whether such a prayer can be impetratory still remains.
Therefore, the psychiatric conditions were not regarded as a plausible explanation of the symptoms.
Obtaining robustness for a discourse parser is a demanding task due to the many unresolved theoretical issues regarding the derivation of the discourse structure.
So we would argue that modelling by region is superior to modelling by rounds, both on theoretical grounds and as regards the empirical evidence.
Until then, archaeology had been regarded as a non-theoretical discipline.
Questions regarding the bill may then be asked, and debate follows.
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