HOW TO PRONOUNCE
respective
/ɹɪˈspɛktɪv/
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What does respective mean?
adjective
- Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own.
More meanings (4)
adjective
- (obsolete) Noticing with attention; careful; wary.
- (obsolete) Looking toward; having reference to; relative, not absolute.
- (obsolete) Fitted to awaken respect.
- (obsolete) Rendering respect; respectful; regardful.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹɪˈspɛktɪv/
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The Parties recognize that such liberalization would ensure more competitive opportunities for all suppliers of the Parties in their respective procurement markets.
“We were speaking of our respective religions,” he heard Celia say, as imperturbably as if there had been no digression worth mentioning.
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What really gave me some satisfaction, however, was the respective degree of freshness with which he and I emerged from our combat.
Many, and perhaps all, of the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn seem to turn the same hemispheres always toward their respective planets.
They are all three paid for their work according to the contract which they may happen to make with their respective superiors.