with regard to

preposition

Concerning; about.

“I am writing with regard to the advertisement that you placed in last week's Daily News.”

Meanings

preposition
  1. Concerning; about.

    I am writing with regard to the advertisement that you placed in last week's Daily News.

    1 more example

    The Last Wish has a lot on its mind with regard to its characters, especially Puss himself.

    2022 December 20, Leigh Monson, “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish review: Antonio Banderas leads the best film yet in the Shrek franchise”, in AV Club

    Synonyms: with respect to, WRT, in regard to

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositionConcerning; about.

Translations

Arabic فِيمَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِـ, بِالنِّسْبَة لِـ
  • فِيمَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِـ (fi-mā yataʕallaqu bi-)concerning
  • بِالنِّسْبَة لِـ (bi-n-nisba li-)concerning
Bulgarian отно́сно
  • отно́сно (otnósno)concerning
Catalan quant a
  • quant aconcerning
Chinese Mandarin 关于, 至于
  • 关于 (guānyú)concerning
  • 至于 (zhìyú)concerning
  • 在……方面concerning
Finnish koskien, liittyen
  • koskienconcerning
  • liittyenconcerning
  • tiimoiltaconcerning
French à propos de, à l’égard de
  • à propos deconcerning
  • à l’égard deconcerning
  • quant àconcerning
German bezüglich, in Bezug auf
  • bezüglichconcerning
  • in Bezug aufconcerning
  • hinsichtlichconcerning
Greek όσον αφορά, σχετικά με
  • όσον αφορά (óson aforá)concerning
  • σχετικά με (schetiká me)concerning
Hungarian illetően, tekintetében
  • illetőenconcerning
  • tekintetébenconcerning
  • kapcsolatbanconcerning
  • kapcsolatosanconcerning
  • terénconcerning
  • vonatkozásábanconcerning
Irish i dtaca le
  • i dtaca leconcerning
Italian in quanto a, per quanto riguarda
  • in quanto aconcerning
  • per quanto riguardaconcerning
  • in merito aconcerning
Polish w sprawie
  • w sprawieconcerning
Portuguese quanto a, a respeito de
  • quanto aconcerning
  • a respeito deconcerning
Romanian apropo de
  • apropo deconcerning
Russian относительно
  • относительно (otnositelʹno)concerning
Scottish Gaelic ri linn, a thaobh
  • ri linnconcerning
  • a thaobhconcerning
Spanish con respecto a, con respecto de
  • con respecto aconcerning
  • con respecto deconcerning
  • con relación aconcerning
Welsh o ran
  • o ranconcerning
Cite this entry
APA

with regard to. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20regard%20to

MLA

“with regard to.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20regard%20to. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “with regard to,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20regard%20to.

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