REGARDLESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does regardless mean? 

• REGARDLESS (adjective)
  The adjective REGARDLESS has 1 sense:

1. (usually followed by 'of') without due thought or consideration

  Familiarity information: REGARDLESS used as an adjective is very rare.

• REGARDLESS (adverb)
  The adverb REGARDLESS has 1 sense:

1. in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

  Familiarity information: REGARDLESS used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REGARDLESS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(usually followed by 'of') without due thought or consideration

Synonyms:

careless; regardless

Context example:

crushing the blooms with regardless tread

Similar:

heedless; unheeding (marked by or paying little heed or attention)

• REGARDLESS (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

Synonyms:

disregarding; disregardless; irrespective; no matter; regardless

Context example:

he carried on regardless of the difficulties

 Context examples 

The team found that, regardless of the treatment they were receiving, 56 percent of the patients had at least one rimmed lesion.

(Smoldering spots in the brain may signal severe multiple sclerosis, National Institutes of Health)

The TNM pathologic and clinical primary tumor classifications of breast cancer are the same, regardless of whether they are based on pathologic and/or clinical criteria.

(Breast Cancer Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

System of classification based on the nation in which an individual was exposed to a disease, regardless of the nation in which he/she currently resides.

(Country of Potential Disease Exposure, NCI Thesaurus)

Any monoclonal antibody directed against the cell surface glycoprotein CD8, regardless of the antibody type.

(Anti-CD8 Monoclonal Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients have anemia and/or thrombocytopenia regardless of the number of areas of lymphoid involvement.

(Binet Stage C, NCI Thesaurus)

Any monoclonal antibody directed against the cell surface glycoprotein CD6, regardless of the antibody type.

(Anti-CD6 Monoclonal Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

Regardless of surface texture, we can certainly see an irregular shaped world shining through.

(Rosetta Comet May Be a Contact Binary, NASA)

Any monoclonal antibody directed against the cell surface glycoprotein CD7, regardless of the antibody type.

(Anti-CD7 Monoclonal Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

The klotho-enhanced mice performed better on several learning and memory tests, regardless of age.

(Longevity gene linked to better brain skills, NIH, US)

Any monoclonal antibody directed against the cell surface glycoprotein CD5, regardless of the antibody type.

(Anti-CD5 Monoclonal Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)