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per | regard |

As a preposition per

is for.

As a noun regard is

a steady look, a gaze.

As a verb regard is

(obsolete) to set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect.

per

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • for each
    • Admission is £10 per person.
  • to each, in each ((used in expressing ratios of units))
    • miles per gallon
    beats per minute
  • (medicine) via (the), by (the), through (the) (followed by Latin name for an orifice)
    • Introduce the endoscope per nasum.
    The medication is to be administered per os.
  • in accordance with
    • I parked my car at the curb per your request.
    Usage notes
    * The preposition per is typically followed by a singular noun phrase with no determiner. *: Take one pill per''' day.'' not ''Take one pill '''per a day. * It is sometimes followed by plural noun phrases, almost always determined by 100, 1,000, 100,000, etc. *: The abortion rate in the U.S. has dropped since 1980 from nearly 30 per 1,000 women of childbearing age to less than 20.
    Derived terms
    * per accidens * per annum * per anum * per capita * per cent * per consequens * per contra * per curiam * per diem * * per impossibile * per incuriam * per interim * per maistrie * per mensem * * per minima * per my et per tout * per orem * * per pares * per primam * per primam intentionem * per procurationem * per quod * per saltum * per se * per stirpes
    Related terms
    * per- (as in perfect, perfection and perplex)

    Etymology 2

    shortening of (person), coined by Marge Piercy in (1979)

    Pronoun

  • (neologism) they (singular).
  • * 1997 April 22, "Anthony and Joy Hilbert" (username), "ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet :
    • This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per' couldn't because '''per''' was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers ' per was discussing it with agreed with per?
  • (neologism) them (singular)
  • * 1997 April 22, "Anthony and Joy Hilbert" (username), "ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet :
    • This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per ?
  • * {{quote-web
    • , year = 1998 , first = Katherine , last = Phelps , title = Odysseus, She , site = Storytronics , url = http://www.glasswings.com.au/Storytronics/Odysseus/wash/washframe.htm , passage = "Kalypso!" I call out as phe disappears on the horizon. I did not know it, but I loved per . }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2006-11-15 , author = Richard Ekins, Dave King , title = The transgender phenomenon , publisher = Sage Publications , isbn = 9780761971634 , id = , lccn = 2006920988 , page = 160 , passage = Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person. }}
    Derived terms
    * (neologism) perself
    Synonyms
    * (singular) they * (neologism) ey, e, sie, shi, ze
    Hyponyms
    * (as subject) he, she * (as object) him, her

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (neologism) Belonging to per, their (singular).
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2006 , author = Richard Ekins, Dave King , title = The transgender phenomenon , publisher = Sage Publications , isbn = 9780761971634 , id = , lccn = 2006920988 , page = 160 , passage = Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to as a non-gendered person. }}
    Derived terms
    * (neologism) pers
    Synonyms
    * (singular) their * (neologism) eir, hir
    Hyponyms
    * his, her

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns

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    regard

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (all obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) reguard, reguarde, from early (etyl) regard, from , from (etyl) reguarder. Attested in Middle English starting around the mid 14th century. Compare guard'', ''reward .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A steady look, a gaze.
  • * 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.
  • One's concern for another; esteem.
  • * 1842 , Treuttel and Würtz, The Foreign Quarterly Review , page 144:
    • This attempt will be made with every regard to the difficulty of the undertaking[...].
  • * 1903 , Kentucky Mines and Minerals Dept, Annual Report , page 186:
    • We are spending a lot of money trying to put this mine in shape; we are anxious to comply with the wishes of your office in every regard [...].
  • * 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 .
    Derived terms
    * disregard * in regard * regardable

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) regarder, from (etyl) reguarder. First attested in late Middle English, circa the early 15th century.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke XVIII:
    • There was a Judge in a certaine cite, which feared not god nether regarded man.
  • To look at; to observe.
    • She regarded us warily.
  • To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc.
    • I always regarded tabloid journalism as a social evil.
    He regards honesty as a duty.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Your niece regards me with an eye of favour.
  • * Macaulay
    • His associates seem to have regarded him with kindness.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 5 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.}}
  • (archaic) To take notice of, pay attention to.
  • * Shakespeare
    • If much you note him, / You offend him; feed, and regard him not.
  • To face toward.
  • * Sandys
    • It is a peninsula, which regardeth the main land.
  • * John Evelyn
    • that exceedingly beautiful seat of my Lord Pembroke, on the ascent of a hill, flanked with wood, and regarding the river
  • To have to do with, to concern.
    • That argument does not regard the question.
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    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * regarder * regardless * self-regarding

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