6 PHRASE You can use as regards to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about. □ As regards the war, Haig believed in victory at any price.
7 PHRASE You can use with regard to or in regard to to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about. □ The department is reviewing its policy with regard to immunisation.
8 PHRASE You can use in this regard or in that regard to refer back to something that you have just said. □ In this regard nothing has changed. □ I may have made a mistake in that regard. SYNONYMS regard VERB
1
consider: I consider activities such as jogging and weightlifting as unnatural.
judge: I judged it to be one of the worst programmes ever screened.
deem: French and German were deemed essential.
view: Sectors in the economy can be viewed in a variety of ways.
3
look: She turned to look at him.
eye: Sally eyed Claire with interest.
observe: Our sniper teams observed them manning an anti-aircraft gun.
watch: The man was standing in his doorway watching him. NOUN 4
respect: I have tremendous respect for Dean.
esteem: Their public esteem has never been lower.
admiration: I have always had the greatest admiration for him.
re|gard|ing /r I gɑː r d I ŋ/ PREP You can use regarding to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about. □ He refused to divulge any information regarding the man's whereabouts.
re|gard|less /r I gɑː r dləs/
1 PHRASE If something happens regardless of something else, it is not affected or influenced at all by that other thing. □ It takes in anybody regardless of religion, colour, or creed.
2 ADV [ADV after v] If you say that someone did something regardless , you mean that they did it even though there were problems or factors that could have stopped them, or perhaps should have stopped them. □ Despite her recent surgery she has been carrying on regardless.
re|gat|ta /r I gæ tə/ (regattas ) N‑COUNT [oft in names] A regatta is a sports event consisting of races between yachts or rowing boats.
re|gen|cy /riː dʒ ə nsi/ (regencies ) The spelling Regency is usually used for meaning 1 . 1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Regency is used to refer to the period in Britain at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and to the style of architecture, literature, and furniture that was popular at the time. □ …a huge, six-bedroomed Regency house.
2 N‑COUNT A regency is a period of time when a country is governed by a regent, because the king or queen is unable to rule.
re|gen|er|ate /r I dʒe nəre I t/ (regenerates , regenerating , regenerated )
1 VERB To regenerate something means to develop and improve it to make it more active, successful, or important, especially after a period when it has been getting worse. □ [V n] The government will continue to try to regenerate inner city areas. ● re|gen|era|tion /r I dʒe nəre I ʃ ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] …the physical and economic regeneration of the area.
2 VERB If organs or tissues regenerate or if something regenerates them, they heal and grow again after they have been damaged. □ [V ] Nerve cells have limited ability to regenerate if destroyed. □ [V n] Newts can regenerate their limbs. ● re|gen|era|tion N‑UNCOUNT □ Vitamin B assists in red-blood-cell regeneration.
re|gen|era|tive /r I dʒe nərət I v/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Regenerative powers or processes cause something to heal or become active again after it has been damaged or inactive. □ …the regenerative power of nature.
re|gent /riː dʒ ə nt/ (regents ) N‑COUNT A regent is a person who rules a country when the king or queen is unable to rule, for example because they are too young or too ill.
reg|gae /re ge I / N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Reggae is a kind of West Indian popular music with a very strong beat. □ Bob Marley provided them with their first taste of Reggae music.
regi|cide /re dʒ I sa I d/ (regicides )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Regicide is the act of killing a king. □ He had become czar through regicide.
2 N‑COUNT A regicide is a person who kills a king. □ Some of the regicides were sentenced to death.
re|gime ◆◇◇ /re I ʒiː m/ (regimes )
1 N‑COUNT If you refer to a government or system of running a country as a regime , you are critical of it because you think it is not democratic and uses unacceptable methods. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ …the collapse of the Fascist regime at the end of the war.
2 N‑COUNT A regime is the way that something such as an institution, company, or economy is run, especially when it involves tough or severe action. □ The authorities moved him to the less rigid regime of an open prison.
3 N‑COUNT A regime is a set of rules about food, exercise, or beauty that some people follow in order to stay healthy or attractive. □ He has a new fitness regime to strengthen his back. SYNONYMS regime NOUN 1
government: …democratic governments in countries like Britain and the U.S.
administration: O'Leary served in federal energy posts in both the Ford and Carter administrations.