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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
- 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.
- The best adequacy for EA was obtained by combinations of imipenem/cilastatin or piperacillin/tazobactam, amikacin and a glycopeptide, with values reaching 99% and 94%, respectively. BioMed Central - Latest articles
- 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.
- However, added the mayor, city hall will naturally respect the court's order, whatever it may be.
- Helping him to do so, meanwhile, is Proteus' feisty betrothed, Marina, who gives as good as she gets in helping to ensure Sinbad doesn't stray from his path, while winning over the respect of his crew.
- They love the series and some whitehats tell em they gotta do it in three movies and some bullshit tv series..which most likely wouldnt be hbo or the like they cancelled deadwood in three seasons because it was too expensive to produce. network tv adaptation would be a catastrophe and blasphamy..they deny it probably out of respect. Ron Howard to direct DARK TOWER movie trilogy
- Elsewhere, it may be acceptable for shop assistants to flatter and cajole you into buying anything, irrespective of whether it suits you.
