"as for" meaning in English

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Preposition

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} as for, {{en-prep}} as for
  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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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "mitä tulee"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "quant à"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "pour"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "was ... angeht"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "was ... betrifft"
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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",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "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",
          "word": "quanto a"
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        {
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "រីឯ"
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "hva angår"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "jeśli chodzi o"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "co do"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "quanto a"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "cât despre"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "što kasájetsja",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "что каса́ется"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "regarding; about",
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
          "word": "para"
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          "word": "en lo tocante a"
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          "sense": "regarding; about",
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      "sense": "regarding; about",
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      "code": "ca",
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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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      "sense": "regarding; about",
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      "sense": "regarding; about",
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      "sense": "regarding; about",
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      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "mitä tulee"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "quant à"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "pour"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "was ... angeht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "was ... betrifft"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "ami …-t illeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "maidir le"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "quanto a"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "in quanto a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "...toshite",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "...として"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "rii ʼae",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "រីឯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "hva angår"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "jeśli chodzi o"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "co do"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "quanto a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "cât despre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "što kasájetsja",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "что каса́ется"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "en cuanto a"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "respecto a"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "para"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "en lo tocante a"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "regarding; about",
      "word": "vad gäller"
    }
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  "word": "as for"
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