respect (respects 3rd person present) (respecting present participle) (respected past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you respect someone, you have a good opinion of their character or ideas.
I want him to respect me as a career woman... V n
2 n-uncount If you have respectfor someone, you have a good opinion of them.
usu N for n
I have tremendous respect for Dean...
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self-respect
3 verb If you respect someone's wishes, rights, or customs, you avoid doing things that they would dislike or regard as wrong.
Finally, trying to respect her wishes, I said I'd leave. V n
4 n-uncount If you show respectfor someone's wishes, rights, or customs, you avoid doing anything they would dislike or regard as wrong.
usu N for n
They will campaign for the return of traditional lands and respect for aboriginal rights and customs.
5 verb If you respect a law or moral principle, you agree not to break it.
It is about time tour operators respected the law and their own code of conduct. V n
Respect is also a noun., n-uncount usu N for n
...respect for the law and the rejection of the use of violence.
6 phrase You can say with respect when you are politely disagreeing with someone or criticizing them.
PHR with cl (politeness)
With respect, I hardly think that's the point.
7 If you pay your respectsto someone, you go to see them or speak to them. You usually do this to be polite, and not necessarily because you want to do it.
FORMAL
pay one's respects phrase V inflects
Carl had asked him to visit the hospital and to pay his respects to Francis.
8 If you pay your last respectsto someone who has just died, you show your respect or affection for them by coming to see their body or their grave.
pay one's last respects phrase V inflects
The son had nothing to do with arranging the funeral, but came along to pay his last respects.
9 You use expressions like in this respect and in many respects to indicate that what you are saying applies to the feature you have just mentioned or to many features of something.
in this respect/in many respects phrase PHR with cl
The children are not unintelligent<endash>in fact, they seem quite normal in this respect...
10 You use with respect to to say what something relates to. In British English, you can also say in respect of. FORMAL
with respect to/in respect of phrase PHR with cl Parents often have little choice with respect to the way their child is medically treated... →
respected
self-respect
Self-respect is a feeling of confidence and pride in your own ability and worth. n-uncount
They have lost not only their jobs, but their homes, their self-respect and even their reason for living.
