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respectively

respectively

102 3.8
In the same order as the things mentioned
  • adverb
  • /rɪˈspɛktɪvli/
translation icon : respectivamente
  • Means and a summary of the ANCOVA results are presented in Tables 7 and 8, respectively.
  • 5 and 6 respectively
  • X percent respectively
  • respectively when compared

Ex ante and ex post mean, respectively, from before and from after.

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Examples

  • Songs "Sunrise Blues" and "The Vampire's Wife" reached 8 and 13 respectively on the singles chart that year.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • There were 33, 23, 20, and 20 students in the four schools, respectively.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The Tretts were released six and eight months ago, respectively.

  • At 17 and 15, respectively, Thomas and Timothy could ski the pants off their parents.

  • The mean and standard deviation scores on the scale were 21.58 and 4.62, respectively.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Mr. Chiu bought noodles, wonton, eight-grain porridge, and chicken soup, respectively, at four restaurants.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The two students received grades of 90 and 85, respectively, for their projects.

  • The company's revenue and profit were reported as $1 million and $200,000, respectively.

  • The first and second prizes went to Sarah and Tom, respectively.

Synonyms

resp.
vsrespectively
  • Formal
8.7

To show items are in the same order

is the full form used to state items correspond in the given order

Antonyms

91 3.6

All act together as a group

Surface Forms

respectively positive

Morphology

respectively = respective (semi-transparent) = respect + ive + ly

Forming the adverb from the adjective 'respective' with the productive suffix '-ly' is a regular, transparent derivation.

Etymology

Respectively comes from the word respect, made of re- 'back' and spec- 'to look', so it originally meant 'to look back' or 'regard'. That's why respectively is used to mean 'with regard to each' or 'in the order given', matching items one by one.