Respective - English meaning

adjective

Suitable or proper in the circumstances.

Usage examples:

This isn't the appropriate time or place

verb

Take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.

Usage examples:

The accused had appropriated the property

Suitable for a particular person, place, or situation

adjective

Analogous or equivalent in character, form, or function; comparable.

Usage examples:

The corresponding jamaican word is ‘bada’

verb

Have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly.

Usage examples:

The carved heads described in the poem correspond to a drawing of edgcote house

adjective

Not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality.

Usage examples:

You can play this game in different ways

adjective

Not the same

Usage examples:

Monet and other impressionists painted the same scene at different times of day to discover how the…

adjective

Single; separate.

Usage examples:

Individual tiny flowers

noun

A single human being as distinct from a group.

Usage examples:

Boat trips for parties and individuals

noun

A single person or thing, esp. when compared to the group or set to which it belongs

Usage examples:

We will remember him as an individual who always tried to make people happy., every company has its…

adjective

Used with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person or thing mentioned.

Usage examples:

They can't handle their own children

pronoun

Something that belongs to the person or thing mentioned.

Usage examples:

Your life is your own

verb

Have (something) as one's own; possess.

Usage examples:

His father owns a restaurant

adjective

Used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class.

Usage examples:

The action seems to discriminate against a particular group of companies

noun

A detail.

Usage examples:

He is wrong in every particular

adjective

Special or single, or this and not any other

Usage examples:

Is there a particular restaurant you’d like to eat at?, what in particular (= special things) did y…

adjective

Belonging to or affecting a particular person rather than anyone else.

Usage examples:

Her personal fortune was recently estimated at £37 million

noun

An advertisement or message in the personal column of a newspaper.

Usage examples:

They found each other through a personals advertisement ehud placed in an indian newspaper.

adjective

Relating or belonging to a single or particular person

Usage examples:

I think you have a personal responsibility to know when to stop., that’s my personal opinion., he w…

adjective

Closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered.

Usage examples:

What small companies need is relevant advice

adjective

Related to a subject or to something happening or being discussed

Usage examples:

We turned over relevant documents to the investigating team., the relevance of railroads to the dev…

adjective

Forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.

Usage examples:

This raises two separate issues

verb

Cause to move or be apart.

Usage examples:

Both owners were trying to separate the dogs

plural noun

Individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or trousers, suitable for wearing in different combinations.

Usage examples:

Day wear consists of angular shaped separates that include wide-neck jumpers and half-mast trousers.

adjective

Separate or respective.

Usage examples:

Harmony resulted from this distinct recognition of their several responsibilities

determiner & pronoun

More than two but not many.

Usage examples:

The author of several books

adjective

(of an amount or number) more than two and fewer than many; some

Usage examples:

I’ve seen "star wars" several times., several in the building have complained about the fumes.

adjective

Better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual.

Usage examples:

They always made a special effort at christmas

noun

A thing, such as a product or broadcast, that is designed or organized for a particular occasion or purpose.

Usage examples:

Television's election night specials

adjective

Not ordinary or usual

Usage examples:

A special occasion, special attention/treatment, the car has a number of special safety features., …

adjective

Clearly defined or identified.

Usage examples:

Savings were made by increasing the electricity supply only until it met specific development needs

noun

A medicine or remedy effective in treating a particular disease or part of the body.

Usage examples:

He grasped at the idea as though she had offered him a specific for cancer

adjective

Relating to one thing and not others; particular

Usage examples:

The virus attacks specific cells in the body., the meeting is for the specific purpose of discussin…

determiner

More than one; several.

Usage examples:

Various people arrived late

adjective

Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts.

Usage examples:

Dresses of various colours

pronoun

More than one of several people or things.

Usage examples:

Various of her friends had called