Respective

/ɹɪˈspɛktɪv/ · adjective

Meaning

Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own..

Definitions by Sense

1. Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own.
2. (obsolete) Noticing with attention; careful; wary.
3. (obsolete) Looking toward; having reference to; relative, not absolute.
4. (obsolete) Fitted to awaken respect.
5. (obsolete) Rendering respect; respectful; regardful.

Example Sentences

They returned to their respective places of abode.

Adam and Novikovas swapped long-range efforts, neither of which troubled the respective keepers.

Hitachi and CAF have begun a staged return to work at their respective Newton Aycliffe and Newport factories, having reduced output following the COVID-19 outbreak.

c. 1559-1570, Edwin Sandys, letter to Bernard Gilpin But if you looke upon the estate of the church of England with a respective eye , you cannot with a good conscience refuse this charge imposed upon you

the respective connections of society

What should it be that he respects in her / But I can make respective in myself,

a. 1598, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, instructions to his son Robert Cecil, when young With thy equals familiar, yet respective.

With a respective shame, rose, took us by the hands.

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