Meanings
preposition
- Regarding; about; concerning.
As for you, we believe in you.
2 more examples
I can't teach that class today: I'm sick. As for the rest of the teachers, they are still on leave.
As for the pigs, they could already read and write perfectly.
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic أَمَّا ... فَـ
- أَمَّا ... فَـ (ʔammā ... fa-)regarding; about
Catalan quant a, pel que fa a
- quant aregarding; about
- pel que fa aregarding; about
Chinese Mandarin 至於 /至于, 關於 /关于
- 至於 /至于 (zhìyú)regarding; about
- 關於 /关于 (guānyú)regarding; about
Czech pokud jde o
- pokud jde oregarding; about
Danish hvad angår, vedrørende
- hvad angårregarding; about
- vedrørenderegarding; about
Dutch wat betreft, wat ... betreft
- wat betreftregarding; about
- wat ... betreftregarding; about
Finnish mitä tulee
- mitä tuleeregarding; about
French quant à, pour
- quant àregarding; about
- pourregarding; about
- concernantregarding; about
German was ... angeht, was ... betrifft
- was ... angehtregarding; about
- was ... betrifftregarding; about
Hebrew בְּנוֹגֵעַ לְ־
- בְּנוֹגֵעַ לְ־ (b'nogéa' l'-)regarding; about
Hindi ... तो
- ... तोregarding; about
Hungarian ami …-t illeti
- ami …-t illetiregarding; about
Indonesian adapun
- adapunregarding; about
Irish maidir le, i dtaca le
- maidir leregarding; about
- i dtaca leregarding; about
Italian quanto a, in quanto a
- quanto aregarding; about
- in quanto aregarding; about
Japanese ...として
- ...として (...toshite)regarding; about
Norwegian Bokmål hva angår, når det gjelder
- hva angårregarding; about
- når det gjelderregarding; about
- hva gjelderregarding; about
Polish jeśli chodzi o, co do
- jeśli chodzi oregarding; about
- co doregarding; about
Portuguese quanto a
- quanto aregarding; about
Romanian cât despre
- cât despreregarding; about
Russian что каса́ется
- что каса́ется (što kasájetsja)regarding; about
Spanish cuanto a, tocante a
- cuanto aregarding; about
- tocante aregarding; about
- en/por lo que respecta aregarding; about
- en materia deregarding; about
Swedish vad gäller
- vad gällerregarding; about
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APA
as for. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20for
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“as for.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20for. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “as for,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20for.
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