(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ someone or something as being a particular thing or as having a particular quality, you believe that they are that thing or have that quality.
He was ~ed as the most successful Chancellor of modern times...
I ~ creativity both as a gift and as a skill.
VERB: be V-ed as n, V n as n
2.
If you ~ something or someone with a feeling such as dislike or respect, you have that feeling about them.
He ~ed drug dealers with loathing...
VERB: V n with n
3.
If you ~ someone in a certain way, you look at them in that way. (LITERARY)
She ~ed him curiously for a moment...
The clerk ~ed him with benevolent amusement.
VERB: V n, V n with n
4.
If you have ~ for someone or something, you respect them and care about them. If you hold someone in high ~, you have a lot of respect for them.
I have a very high ~ for him and what he has achieved...
The Party ruled the country without ~ for the people’s views.
N-UNCOUNT
5.
Regards are greetings. You use ~s in expressions such as best ~s and with kind ~s as a way of expressing friendly feelings towards someone, especially in a letter.
Give my ~s to your family...
N-PLURAL: oft N to n formulae
6.
You can use as ~s to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about.
As ~s the war, Haig believed in victory at any price.
PREP-PHRASE
7.
You can use with ~ to or in ~ to to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about.
The department is reviewing its policy with ~ to immunisation.
= ~ing
PREP-PHRASE
8.
You can use in this ~ or in that ~ to refer back to something that you have just said.
In this ~ nothing has changed...
I may have made a mistake in that ~.
PHRASE: PHR with cl