as for

English

Preposition

as for

1. Regarding; about; concerning.

   I can't teach that class today: I'm sick. As for the rest of the teachers, they are still on leave.

   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

     As for the pigs, they could already read and write perfectly.

Usage notes

• As for is almost always put at the beginning of a sentence.

Synonyms

• as to, apropos; See also Thesaurus:about

Translations

regarding; about

• Arabic: أَمَّا ... فَـ (ar) (ʔammā ... fa-)
• Catalan: quant a (ca), pel que fa a
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 至於／至于 (zh) (zhìyú), 關於／关于 (zh) (guānyú)

• Czech: pokud jde o
• Dutch: wat betreft, wat ... betreft
• Finnish: mitä tulee
• French: quant à (fr), pour (fr)
• German: was ... angeht, was ... betrifft
• Hebrew: בנוגע ל־ (benogea l-)
• Hindi: ... तो (hi) (... to)
• Hungarian: ami …-t illeti
• Irish: maidir le
• Italian: quanto a, in quanto a
• Japanese: ...として (...toshite)
• Khmer: រីឯ (rii ʼae)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hva angår

• Polish: jeśli chodzi o, co do (pl)
• Portuguese: quanto a (pt)
• Romanian: cât despre
• Russian: что каса́ется (što kasájetsja)
• Spanish: en cuanto a (es), respecto a, para (es), en lo tocante a
• Swedish: vad gäller

Anagrams

• Afros, afros, so far, sofar