"as regards" meaning in English

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      "args": {},
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          "ref": "1833, James Conolly, Remarks on the Foreign Policy in England, as regards Portugal and Greece, section 35",
          "text": "As regards too our Indian possessions, the idea of any thing being feared from Russia in that quarter, at however distant a period, is treated by the politicians of the day as an idle mockery...",
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      "glosses": [
        "regarding, concerning"
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          "regarding",
          "regarding"
        ],
        [
          "concerning",
          "concerning"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "with respect to"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔammā",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "أَمَّا"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "關於"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guānyú",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "关于"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "betreffende"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "met betrekking tot"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "mis puudutab"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "osalta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "quant à"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "en ce qui concerne"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "in Bezug auf"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "bezüglich"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "betreffend"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "ami …-t illet/illeti"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "per quanto riguarda"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "quanto a"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "cu referire la"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "cu privire la"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "în ceea ce privește"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "što kasájetsja",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "что каса́ется"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otnosítelʹno",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "относи́тельно"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kasátelʹno",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "каса́тельно"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "en cuanto a"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "regarding",
          "word": "en lo tocante a"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "as regards"
}

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      "expansion": "as regards",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
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    {
      "word": "with respect to"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔammā",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "أَمَّا"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "關於"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guānyú",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "关于"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "betreffende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "met betrekking tot"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "mis puudutab"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "osalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "quant à"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "en ce qui concerne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "in Bezug auf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "bezüglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "betreffend"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "ami …-t illet/illeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "per quanto riguarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "quanto a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "cu referire la"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "cu privire la"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "în ceea ce privește"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "što kasájetsja",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "что каса́ется"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otnosítelʹno",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "относи́тельно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kasátelʹno",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "каса́тельно"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "en cuanto a"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "regarding",
      "word": "en lo tocante a"
    }
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  "word": "as regards"
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