- belonging or relating separately to each of the people or things already mentioned
- They are each recognized specialists in their respective fields.
- the respective roles of men and women in society
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘relative, comparative’): from medieval Latin respectivus, from respect- ‘regarded, considered’, from the verb respicere ‘look back at, regard’, from re- ‘back’ + specere ‘look at’, reinforced by French respectif, -ive.
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