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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•spect /rɪˈspɛkt/USA pronunciation n. - a detail or aspect of something;
a feature:[countable]The two plans differ in some respects. - honor or high regard:[uncountable]to be held in respect.
- proper courtesy:[uncountable]respect for the flag.
- respects, [plural] a formal gesture of greeting or sympathy:Give my respects to your parents.
v. [~ + object] - to hold in honor:Do the students respect the flag?
- to keep from interfering with;
to have regard for:to respect a person's privacy.
Idioms- Idioms with respect to, in reference to;
in regard to:inquiries with respect to the best route to take.
See -spec-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•spect (ri spekt′),USA pronunciation n. - a particular, detail, or point (usually prec. by in):to differ in some respect.
- relation or reference:inquiries with respect to a route.
- esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability:I have great respect for her judgment.
- deference to a right, privilege, privileged position, or someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges;
proper acceptance or courtesy;
acknowledgment:respect for a suspect's right to counsel;to show respect for the flag;respect for the elderly. - the condition of being esteemed or honored:to be held in respect.
- respects, a formal expression or gesture of greeting, esteem, or friendship:Give my respects to your parents.
- favor or partiality.
- [Archaic.]a consideration.
- in respect of, in reference to;
in regard to;
concerning. - in respect that, [Archaic.]because of;
since. - pay one's respects:
- to visit in order to welcome, greet, etc.:We paid our respects to the new neighbors.
- to express one's sympathy, esp. to survivors following a death:We paid our respects to the family.
- with respect to, referring to;
concerning:with respect to your latest request.
v.t. - to hold in esteem or honor:I cannot respect a cheat.
- to show regard or consideration for:to respect someone's rights.
- to refrain from intruding upon or interfering with:to respect a person's privacy.
- to relate or have reference to.
- Latin respectus past participle of respicere
- Latin respectus action of looking back, consideration, regard, equivalent. to respec-, variant stem of respicere to look back (re- re- + specere to look) + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action; (verb, verbal)
- Old French)
- (noun, nominal) Middle English (1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged regard, feature, matter.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged regard, connection.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged estimation, reverence, homage, honor. Respect, esteem, veneration imply recognition of personal qualities by approbation, deference, and more or less affection. Respect is commonly the result of admiration and approbation, together with deference:to feel respect for a great scholar.Esteem is deference combined with admiration and often with affection:to hold a friend in great esteem.Veneration is an almost religious attitude of deep respect, reverence, and love, such as we feel for persons or things of outstanding superiority, endeared by long association:veneration for one's grandparents, for noble traditions.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bias, preference.
- 13.See corresponding entry in Unabridged revere, venerate, consider, admire.
- 14.See corresponding entry in Unabridged heed.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: respect /rɪˈspɛkt/ n - an attitude of deference, admiration, or esteem; regard
- the state of being honoured or esteemed
- a detail, point, or characteristic; particular: he differs in some respects from his son
- reference or relation (esp in the phrases in respect of, with respect to)
- polite or kind regard; consideration: respect for people's feelings
- (often plural) an expression of esteem or regard (esp in the phrase pay one's respects)
vb (transitive)- to have an attitude of esteem towards; show or have respect for: to respect one's elders
- to pay proper attention to; not violate: to respect Swiss neutrality
- archaic to concern or refer to
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin rēspicere to look back, pay attention to, from re- + specere to look |