"as for" meaning in All languages combined

See as for on Wiktionary

Preposition [English]

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  1. Regarding; about; concerning. Synonyms: as to, apropos Translations (regarding; about): أَمَّا ... فَـ (ʔammā ... fa-) (Arabic), quant a (Catalan), pel que fa a (Catalan), 至於 (Chinese Mandarin), 至于 (zhìyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 關於 (Chinese Mandarin), 关于 (guānyú) (Chinese Mandarin), pokud jde o (Czech), wat betreft (Dutch), wat ... betreft (Dutch), mitä tulee (Finnish), quant à (French), pour (French), was ... angeht (German), was ... betrifft (German), בנוגע ל־ (benogea l-) (Hebrew), ... तो (english: ... to) (Hindi), ami …-t illeti (Hungarian), maidir le (Irish), quanto a (Italian), in quanto a (Italian), ...として (...toshite) (Japanese), រីឯ (rii ʼae) (Khmer), hva angår (Norwegian Bokmål), jeśli chodzi o (Polish), co do (Polish), quanto a (Portuguese), cât despre (Romanian), что каса́ется (što kasájetsja) (Russian), en cuanto a (Spanish), respecto a (Spanish), para (Spanish), en lo tocante a (Spanish), vad gäller (Swedish)
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "benogea l-",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "בנוגע ל־"
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          "code": "hi",
          "english": "... to",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "... तो"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "ami …-t illeti"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "maidir le"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "...toshite",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "roman": "rii ʼae",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "រីឯ"
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "word": "jeśli chodzi o"
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "co do"
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "roman": "što kasájetsja",
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      "sense": "regarding; about",
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