When two people each have something of their own, it's their respective thing. In a boxing match, the opponents each start in their respective or individual corners.
Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate.
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Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary;
considerate.
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Looking towardl having reference to; relative, not
absolute; as, the respective connections of society.
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Relating to particular persons or things, each to each;
particular; own; as, they returned to their respective places of abode.
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Fitted to awaken respect.
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Rendering respect; respectful; regardful.
Respective
If you look upon the church of England with a respective eye, you can not . . . refuse this charge.2.
With respective shame, rose, took us by the hands.
With thy equals familiar, yet respective.
Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate.
Usage Examples
Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty.
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Other Usage ExamplesI think that both men, Bush and Blair, will be damned in history. Both men have made their respective countries the two most hated countries in the world.
With respect to the respective French and German traditions you are no doubt correct, although I am reluctant to see individual achievement reduced to archetypes.
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