English dictionary: words starting with resp

noun

A small serrated bar fixed upright on a house door, with a ring attached, which was forcibly rubbed up and down the bar to attract the attention of those inside.

verb

To rub (two things) together; to rasp or file (something); especially to grind (one's teeth).

verb

To sparkle again.

verb

To say again, restate, repeat. formerly also: †to say or utter in response, (figurative) to re-echo (obsolete).

verb

Specify again or differently.

Usage examples:

Every five periods, the landscape is perturbed by respecifying a new random draw for the fitness co…

verb

Specify again or differently.

Usage examples:

Every five periods, the landscape is perturbed by respecifying a new random draw for the fitness co…

verb

Specify again or differently.

Usage examples:

Every five periods, the landscape is perturbed by respecifying a new random draw for the fitness co…

noun

A feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

Usage examples:

The director had a lot of respect for douglas as an actor

verb

Admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

Usage examples:

She was respected by everyone she worked with

noun

The quality of being socially acceptable.

Usage examples:

Provincial notions of respectability

verb

To make respectable.

adjective

Regarded by society to be good, proper, or correct.

Usage examples:

They thought the stage no life for a respectable lady

noun

Respectability.

adverb

In a way that is regarded by society to be good, proper, or correct.

Usage examples:

His boss insists that all his staff be respectably married

adjective

Of an animal (especially one of a pair): facing another animal.

verb

Admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

Usage examples:

She was respected by everyone she worked with

adjective

Deeply admired or esteemed.

Usage examples:

A respected academic

noun

A person who has a high regard for someone or something.

Usage examples:

He was no respecter of the female sex

noun

A person who has a high regard for someone or something.

Usage examples:

He was no respecter of the female sex

adjective

Feeling or showing deference and respect.

Usage examples:

They sit in respectful silence

adverb

With deference and respect.

Usage examples:

The butler bowed respectfully to them both

preposition

With reference or regard to.

Usage examples:

He began to have serious worries respecting his car

verb

Admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

Usage examples:

She was respected by everyone she worked with

noun

The action or fact of respecting someone or something; respect.

adjective

Belonging or relating separately to each of two or more people or things.

Usage examples:

They chatted about their respective childhoods

adverb

Separately or individually and in the order already mentioned (used when enumerating two or more items or facts that refer back to a previous statement).

Usage examples:

They received sentences of one year and eight months respectively

noun

Respectfulness; deference, respect.

adjective

Having or showing no respect or deference; disrespectful, discourteous.

noun

A feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

Usage examples:

The director had a lot of respect for douglas as an actor

verb

Admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

Usage examples:

She was respected by everyone she worked with