"with regard to" meaning in English

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Preposition

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} with regard to, {{en-prep}} with regard to
  1. Concerning; about. Synonyms: with respect to, WRT, in regard to Derived forms: WRT Translations (concerning): فِيمَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِـ (fi-mā yataʕallaqu bi-) (Arabic), بِالنِّسَبَة لِـ (bi-n-nisba li) (Arabic), en cuanto a (Asturian), относно (otnosno) (Bulgarian), quant a (Catalan), 关于 (guānyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 至于 (zhìyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 在……方面 (Chinese Mandarin), koskien (Finnish), liittyen (Finnish), tiimoilta (Finnish), à propos de (French), à l’égard de (French), en canto a (Galician), canto a (Galician), bezüglich (German), in Bezug auf (German), hinsichtlich (German), όσον αφορά (óson aforá) (Greek), σχετικά με (schetiká me) (Greek), illetően (Hungarian), tekintetében (Hungarian), kapcsolatban (Hungarian), kapcsolatosan (Hungarian), terén (Hungarian), vonatkozásában (Hungarian), in quanto a (Italian), per quanto riguarda (Italian), in merito a (Italian), w sprawie [error-misspelling, with-genitive] (Polish), quanto a (Portuguese), a respeito de (Portuguese), apropo de (Romanian), относительно (otnositelʹno) (Russian), ri linn (Scottish Gaelic), en cuanto a (Spanish), cuanto a (Spanish), en lo tocante a (Spanish)

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