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respective

[ri-spek-tiv]

adjective

pertaining individually or severally to each of a number of persons, things, etc.; particular: I will now discuss the respective merits of the candidates.

Origin:
1515–25; < Medieval Latin respectīvus, equivalent to Latin respect(us) (see respect) + -īvus -ive

Related forms

re·spec·tive·ness, noun

Synonyms
separate, individual, corresponding.

Antonyms
irrespective.

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Development parcel, with final and approved blue prints and respective construction permits.

But when the contest concludes, each intricately engineered abode returns to its respective college, where many are dismantled.

The fall in the dollar is equivalent to a tightening of their respective monetary policies.

The ten research centers are located around the world and represent their respective regions.

The animals would have evolved over time and adapted themselves to their respective environmental conditions.

My theory is that these delegates for the summer took that idea of the celebration back to their respective communities.

As a result, the flavor profiles of their respective sparkling wines are different.

But he cautions that neither solves all of their respective issues.

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We seek candidates who can teach a broad range of courses in their respective disciplines.

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Morris then reproduces the names of the people who were placed in each respective group.

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Candidates should possess the appropriate educational background for the respective positions.

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These entrepreneurs saw the growth potential in their respective industries.

Manso has a gig that evening, but before they part they have a quick chat about their respective musical projects.

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The patches above were drawn and worn by the wives of the astronauts on those respective missions.

Everything is already pre-negotiated by the union or set by the respective state offices that determine such things.

The table below summarises the measures used to calculate the rankings together with their respective weightings.

Like potentates, they control what happens in their respective realms.

If crop varieties were grown in their respective ecological niches, food production would double.

Neither of these drilling programs had any effect on the eruptive activity at the respective volcanoes.

The giants of the chocolate business have all dominated their respective regions for decades.

We unload our bags and supplies and a local man leads us to our respective bungalows.

See their respective summaries of the situation here, here and here.

Legions of bankers and politicians must go to prison for having committed treason to their respective homelands.

Their time to represent their respective nations had come.

The winning writers will be provided with airfare, hotel and meals for their respective world premiere screenings.

The question of salvage will be settled between the respective owners of the steamers.

Graduate level faculty must hold a terminal degree in the respective discipline.

Bush have been their respective parties' presumed nominees for the presidency.

Each of the thinkers' respective countries wanted to stake a claim in what was one of the biggest advances in mathematics.

There is much diversity of opinion as to the respective merits of cats and babies, some people preferring the former and.

All three boys are three-time winners of their respective state-level.

Complex aromas form when multiple volatile compounds trigger their respective olfactory neurons at the same time.

All other trademarks are the exclusive property of their respective owners.

Jr, to present their respective arguments to the people would be by joint debate.

The respective copyrights of authors and publishers are acknowledged.

Or, it could also turn into a disjointed and off-putting experience for current users of each respective property.

All content accessed via this website is the property of its respective publisher.

The organizations are all dedicated to promoting leadership skills in the higher-education sector of their respective countries:.

The importance of benchmarking these respective activities changes similarly.

All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

The news media quickly reported our respective salaries as items that were strike-worthy from the state's budget.

The team fused two protocells together, so that they shared part of their respective membranes.

It has to do with the line spectra of their respective elements.

The sites track their respective urban eccentrics with a paparazzo-style intensity usually reserved for movie stars.

Now, the administrators say, they will take lessons from the trip back to their respective colleges.

These displays served to persuade members of the neighboring groups to turn back into their respective home ranges.

The cell can continue to discharge until either or both of the electrodes run out of reagents for their respective reactions.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used by permission.

In the beginning, the intern and the employer should discuss their respective expectations.

Yet their respective chief executives were far from upbeat.

Both roles are important in their respective contexts.

They are certainly experts in their respective fields.

Each would bring to the task their respective skills to solve a problem faster and more effectively than either could do alone.

All images used are copyright of their respective owners.

The challenge is weighing those respective values and making a decision accordingly.

They both, through environmental stressors and genetic changes adapted to their respective environs.

Both have also posed more questions to their respective fields.

Senior technology officers will now report into their respective divisions.

They are considered objective entry level measures of competence in the respective professions.

For these lenders break-up beckons, with national governments taking on their respective bits.

As galaxies merge, so do their respective central black holes.

All were star athletes in their day, and many won national championships on their respective basketball and football teams.

Both sides of the argument offer seemingly compelling examples to support their respective theses.

Normal kidney function depends on both glomeruli and tubules performing their respective tasks well.

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High school and middle school teachers graduate with the same majors and minors in their respective fields as anyone else.

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But of course there exist blue rural and red urban populations but they are respective political minorities.

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The first is that technology heavyweights are often dominant in their respective markets.

What you're seeing is the different regalia colors of the various professors' respective alma maters.

Japan claims an area defined by a line equidistant from both nations' respective coasts.

Maybe you or the respective authors will tweet about it when they post something new.

The rest of us are content to meet, discuss roles, and split up to do our respective parts.

Since in general you can't do better than predict the respective probabilities of possible.

The growth of our respective fields depends on this.

Even those uninitiated in horticulture can tell the difference based on the respective shape of their leaves.

The idea is that media types and programmers will teach each other about their respective crafts.

Not only was there a large gap between the best and the rest, but their respective performances were also remarkably consistent.

They are both accomplished in their respective fields.

Both men regaled their respective audiences with defiant, uncompromising speeches.

Fast forward four years, we've finished our respective training programs and our careers have begun.

We were not born experts in our respective fieldsit took lots of time, energy and training.

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World English Dictionary

respective (rɪˈspɛktɪv)

—*adj*
1.	belonging or relating separately to each of several people or things; several: we took our respective ways home
2.	an archaic word for respectful

re'spectiveness

—n

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Word Origin & History

respective

1525, "regardful, attentive," from M.L. respectivus "having regard for," from L. respectus (see respect). Respectively "relatively to each singly" is from 1626.

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