respective
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Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin respectivus, from Latin respectus. Equivalent to respect + -ive.
Pronunciation
Adjective
respective (not comparable)
- Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own.
- They returned to their respective places of abode.
- 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
- c. 1559-1570, Edwin Sandys, letter to Bernard Gilpin
- (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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], line 192:
- What should it be that he respects in her / But I can make respective in myself,
- (obsolete) Rendering respect; respectful; regardful.
- [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volumes (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
- With a respective shame, rose, took us by the hands.
- a. 1598, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, instructions to his son Robert Cecil, when young
- With thy equals familiar, yet respective.
Synonyms
- (relating to particular persons or things): corresponding, relevant, specific
Derived terms
Translations
referencing two or more things as individuals
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Adjective
respective
Adverb
respective
- Obsolete spelling of respektive.
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