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US
/ɹiˈspɛkt, ɹɪˈspɛkt/
]
[ UK /ɹɪspˈɛkt/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪspˈɛkt/ ]
NOUN
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a feeling of friendship and esteem
he inspires respect
she mistook his manly regard for love -
courteous regard for people's feelings
out of respect for his privacy
in deference to your wishes -
behavior intended to please your parents
their children were never very strong on obedience
he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes -
a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard
his deference to her wishes was very flattering
be sure to give my respects to the dean -
the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
it is held in esteem
a man who has earned high regard -
an attitude of admiration or esteem
she lost all respect for him -
(usually preceded by `in') a detail or point
it differs in that respect
VERB
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regard highly; think much of
I respect his judgement
We prize his creativity -
show respect towards
honor your parents!
How To Use respect In A Sentence
- Some were members of Turkey's elite military class known as "pashas," a title of respect harking back to Ottoman military commanders Monday for allegedly planning to blow up mosques in order to trigger a military takeover and overthrow the WN.com - Photown News
- If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
- China says it respects the legitimate status of President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) while calling on Palestinian forces to end conflicts.
- Which drugs become blockbusters is in many respects a lottery. Times, Sunday Times
- The administration will lose a lot of respect in my eyes if this goes ahead.
- But as I was mulling this a little later, I was suddenly struck by one of those things that was probably already obvious to everyone else: There are a handful of strange inflection points where rock nerd culture and mass culture are in eerie synchrony for a few moments before skittering off in their respective ways for a bit — and one of them was my early teens. The (Rock) Stars Are Aligned
- Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail. Act V. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Do you think the Academy is really hip to how great Gosford Park is, or do they just like it's patina of British upper-crust respectability?
- However, added the mayor, city hall will naturally respect the court's order, whatever it may be.
- One man's ‘most respected occult books around’ are another man's old hat ripe for a kicking.