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US
/ɹəˈspɛks, ɹiˈspɛks, ɹiˈspɛkts, ɹɪˈspɛkts/
]
[ UK /ɹɪspˈɛkts/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪspˈɛkts/ ]
NOUN
-
(often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem
he paid his respects to the mayor
How To Use respects In A Sentence
- 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
- She was simple in all respects, but her warm ice blue eyes brought out every feature and long wavy brown hair shone in the moonlight.
- In other respects, however, the implementation of the peace plan was proceeding well, according to the report.
- Tyson pays his respects to the last guy who beat him and Britain's undisputed world heavyweight champion.
- This is unsatisfying in many respects, for, as should be clear at this point, we often need to nontrivially reason about theories which Impossible Worlds
- He respects Western medicine for its abilities to quantify and then to treat what has been manifested as illness. Times, Sunday Times
- In some respects she seems destined to remain the eternal outsider. Times, Sunday Times
- In many respects, the development of international human rights is an example of the principle of subsidiarity - the international community only steps in when the State cannot or will not deal with the problem.
- In some respects, teams are almost penalized for converting first downs in the two-minute drill because it just takes that much longer to get the next play off.