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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin respectivus, from Latin respectus. Equivalent to respect + -ive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈspɛktɪv/
- Rhymes: -ɛktɪv
- Hyphenation: re‧spec‧tive
Adjective
respective (not comparable)
- Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own.
- They returned to their respective places of abode.
2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:Adam and Novikovas swapped long-range efforts, neither of which troubled the respective keepers.
2020 April 22, “Network News: Staged return to work at Hitachi and CAF factories”, in Rail, page 9:Hitachi and CAF have begun a staged return to work at their respective Newton Aycliffe and Newport factories, having reduced output following the COVID-19 outbreak.
- (obsolete) Noticing with attention; careful; wary.
- c. 1559-1570, Edwin Sandys, letter to Bernard Gilpin
- But if you looke upon the estate of the church of England with a respective eye , you cannot with a good conscience refuse this charge imposed upon you
- (obsolete) Looking toward; having reference to; relative, not absolute.
the respective connections of society
- (obsolete) Fitted to awaken respect.
c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , line 192:What should it be that he respects in her / But I can make respective in myself,
- (obsolete) Rendering respect; respectful; regardful.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
referencing two or more things as individuals
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
respective
- feminine singular of respectif
German
Adverb
respective
- Obsolete spelling of respektive