respective
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5.3
- adjective
- /rɪˈspɛktɪv/
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respectivo
- Juries convicted both men, despite a lack of physical evidence in their respective trials.
- respective countries
- respective governments
- respective roles
Everybody seems to be siloed in their respective information cells.
- Everybody seems to be siloed in their respective information cells.
- And Curious Minds blends work in their respective fields.
- I believe that the stability in the region would come about through respective countries developing.
- Then we've passed those graphics cards through to their respective VMS.
- But they're all phenomenal talents in their respective areas.
- What they do is that they create the Sonic landscape or Sonic backdrop for their respective bands.
- So buyer and seller and it's also going to be binding on their respective heirs.
- And the color of that curve of that graph changes when you click on each respective color.
- We have to be consistent in our respective position, OK?
Examples
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Our respective governments have agreed to pool their resources to find out what happened to our submarines.
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Differences in production levels of the respective countries reflect distinct political and economic contexts.
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But what about the respective industry groups?
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But they only service their respective area of the house.
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We have to be consistent in our respective position, OK?
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So as I moved into this job, we were dealing with all of those respective challenges.
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I believe that the stability in the region would come about through respective countries developing.
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Then when those people meet, they turn around and they walk back to their respective trucks.
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All you men will report to your respective organizations on boarding ship.
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Kate and I just graduated from our respective degrees two weeks ago.
Synonyms
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3.0
Relating to one person rather than to a group, or showing a person's own style
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Respective comes from the parts re- 'again' and specere 'to look', the same root you see in respect and spectator. So respective is like 'looking at' each person or thing by itself, which is why it means relating to each one individually.