irrespective
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5.3
- adverb
- /ˌɪrəˈspɛktɪv/
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independientemente
- They do it irrespective of how they feel about it.
Like this is a winning game irrespective of whether they're right or not.
- Like this is a winning game irrespective of whether they're right or not.
- Every single one, irrespective of what he or she is saying publicly.
- And, and we do this irrespective of escalating negative consequences, right?
- The jury wants to acquit irrespective of the facts, irrespective of the law.
- And their challenge is to decide the case on the law and the facts, irrespective of what may follow.
- I come from a slightly different background, but I know that irrespective of background, you have to work hard.
- And we tend to dedicate our time and our thoughts to what is urgent, irrespective of its importance.
- I think, you know, where we have some criteria and some sense of what is the best knowledge irrespective of where it came from.
- He famously showed that all masses or bodies fall at exactly the same rate under gravity, irrespective of their mass.
- So will see me like that irrespective of what I did to him.
- We create our interpretation of meaning of the world irrespective of the external circumstances.
- So feeling the other as your own being, irrespective of the history that that's the the best.
- It happens irrespective of us as well, it doesn't need human intervention.
- And do you think grooming, abusing, raping is still going on in Rotherham irrespective of the expose?
Examples
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I come from a slightly different background, but I know that irrespective of background, you have to work hard.
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I think, you know, where we have some criteria and some sense of what is the best knowledge irrespective of where it came from.
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Helpful factors included having a good relationship with their line manager irrespective of their status in an organization.
Academic text (2010) -
Climate change will happen irrespective of anything governments have the power to do.
Blog text (16) -
This morning the Prime Minister said all these spending commitments are funded irrespective of a deal.
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Some like the right to education to primary education belong to any child who is in the jurisdiction irrespective of their legal status.
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You always want to help people, irrespective of what they've done.
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The jury wants to acquit irrespective of the facts, irrespective of the law.
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The media cut across the structural divisions in society, drawing their audience irrespective of race, ethnicity, occupation, region, or social class.
Academic text (1993) -
I come from a slightly different background, but I know that irrespective of background, you have to work hard.
Synonyms
660
3.1
Despite something that might stop you
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1.6
Whatever the situation, the action or result stays the same
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1.8
Despite a problem or difficulty, something happens anyway
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4.0
Whatever the result, it does not change what someone does or feels
People use it without regard to other things, though many say it is not correct
Without caring about something when you decide or act
Without paying attention to objections or problems
Antonyms
How Standard
Surface Forms
Morphology
irrespective = respective (transparent) = ir + respect + ive
The word is formed by adding the negative prefix ir- to respective, so the step to 'irrespective' is a regular and transparent negation.
Etymology
Irrespective comes from the parts ir- ('not') and respect ('to consider'), the same respect you know in English. So irrespective means 'not considering' or 'regardless', which is why we use it when something happens without taking something else into account.