Meaning

7 senses
  1. To have respect for.

    She is an intellectual giant, and I respect her greatly.

    respektieren

    уважа́тьuvažátʹ, почита́тьpočitátʹ

    поважа́тиpovažáty, шанува́тиšanuváty

    show respect towards

  2. To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.

    I respect your right to hold that belief, although I think it is nonsense.

    I respect your right to feel offended, even though most people, myself included, totally disagree and don’t find the comment offensive in the slightest.

  3. To abide by an agreement.

    They failed to respect the treaty they had signed, and invaded.

    respektieren

    уважа́тьuvažátʹ, соблюда́тьsobljudátʹ

  4. To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.

  5. (transitive)To relate to; to be concerned with.

  6. (obsolete)To regard; to consider; to deem.

    respektieren

    уважа́тьuvažátʹ, соблюда́тьsobljudátʹ

    regard highly; think much of

  7. (obsolete)To look toward; to face.

Examples

1650 sentences
  1. I respect my teacher very much.

    Я дуже поважаю свого учителя.

    ruЯ очень уважаю своего учителя.

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  2. Tom deserves to be treated with respect.

    Том заслуговує поваги.

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  3. I expect you to treat Tom with respect.

    Я розраховую, що ти будеш ставитися до Тома з повагою.

    deIch erwarte von dir, dass du achtungsvoll mit Tom umgehst.

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  4. I have a lot of respect for you.

    Я тебе дуже поважаю.

    ruЯ испытываю к тебе большое уважение.

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  5. Tom has a lot of respect for his teachers.

    Том дуже поважає своїх учителів.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to have respect for:
Русский
By meaning 2
to have respect for:
to abide by an agreement:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to have respect for:

Origin

From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consi

From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consideration”), from Latin respectus (“a looking at, regard, respect”), perfect passive participle of respiciō (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speciō (“to see”), equivalent to re- + -spect. Doublet of respite.

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Forms

respects, respecting, respected, respected
Base formrespect · to respect
3rd person singularrespects
Present participlerespecting
Past simplerespected
Past participlerespected

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrespect
he, she, itrespects

Past simpleLesson

all personsrespected

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave respected
he, she, ithas respected

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill respect

Synonyms

54 synonyms

Antonyms

105 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • treated with respect
  • lot of respect
  • is respected by
  • of respect for
  • respect each other
  • have to respect
  • well respected
  • need to respect
  • is well respected
  • is a respected
  • respect each
  • respected men

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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