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awareness
English
Etymology
From aware +? -ness.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??w??n?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??w??n?s/
- Hyphenation: aware?ness
- Rhymes: -??(?)n?s
Noun
awareness (usually uncountable, plural awarenesses)
- The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
- I gradually passed from sleep to full awareness.
- The state or quality of being aware of something
- The awareness of one type of idea naturally fosters an awareness of another idea
Synonyms
- (state of consciousness): consciousness, wakefulness
- (state of being aware of something): knowledge, consciousness
Translations
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regard
English
Alternative forms
- regarde, reguard, reguarde (all obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??????d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??????d/
- Hyphenation: re?gard
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Etymology 1
From Middle English regard, regarde, reguard, from Anglo-Norman reguard, from regarder, reguarder. Attested in Middle English starting around the mid 14th century. Compare guard, reward, guardian, and so on.
Noun
regard (countable and uncountable, plural regards)
- (countable) A steady look, a gaze. [from 15th c.]
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 750:
- He bathed in the memory of her blondness, of her warm blue regard, and the sentiment permeated his sensibility with tenderness made the more rich because its object was someone long since dead.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 750:
- One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference. [from 16th c.]
- (preceded by “in” or “with”) A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense. [from 16th c.]
- 1842, Treuttel and Würtz, The Foreign Quarterly Review, page 144:
- This attempt will be made with every regard to the difficulty of the undertaking […]
- 1989, Leonard W. Poon, David C. Rubin, Barbara A. Wilson, Everyday Cognition in Adulthood and Late Life, Cambridge University Press, page 399:
- These problems were not traditional problems with realistic stimuli, but rather were realistic in every regard.
- 1842, Treuttel and Würtz, The Foreign Quarterly Review, page 144:
- (uncountable) The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held.
- Synonyms: esteem, repute
- He is held in great regard in Whitehall.
Derived terms
- disregard
- in regard
- in regard of
- in regard to
- with regard to
Synonyms
- consideration, onlook, respect
Antonyms
- (concern for another): neglect
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English regarden, from Old French regarder, reguarder. First attested in late Middle English, circa the early 15th century.
Verb
regard (third-person singular simple present regards, present participle regarding, simple past and past participle regarded)
- To look at; to observe. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc. [from 16th c.]
- , [Act V, scene iv]:
- Signior Leonato, truth it is good Signior, / Your neece regards me with an eye of fauour.
- , [Act V, scene iv]:
- (transitive, archaic) To take notice of, pay attention to. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To face toward.
- (transitive) To have to do with, to concern. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect. [from 16th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke 18:2:
- Ther was a Iudge in a certayne cite which feared not god nether regarded man.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke 18:2:
Derived terms
- regardable
- regarder
- regardless
- self-regarding
Synonyms
- (to look at): See Thesaurus:look
- (to consider): See Thesaurus:deem
- (to take notice of): See Thesaurus:pay attention
Antonyms
- ignore
- neglect
Translations
Anagrams
- Drager, Gerard, Grader, grader, red rag, redrag
French
Etymology
From Middle French regard, from Old French regard, from reguarder.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.?a?/
Noun
regard m (plural regards)
- look, glance
- (uncountable) sight, gaze, eyes
- 1885, Loreau, Heriette (trans.), L’Ami commun (Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens), Part IV, chapter 10:
- 1885, Loreau, Heriette (trans.), L’Ami commun (Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens), Part IV, chapter 10:
- manhole
Related terms
- regarder
Further reading
- “regard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- garder, Gérard
Old French
Alternative forms
- regart, resgard, resgart, regarde
Noun
regard m (oblique plural regarz or regartz, nominative singular regarz or regartz, nominative plural regard)
- look; observance; watching (act, instance of looking at)
Descendants
- Middle French: regard
- ? Middle English: regard, regarde
- English: regard
- ? Middle English: regard, regarde
References
- regard on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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