respect
part of speech
noun (respect); verb (respect, respects, respected, respecting)
meaning for a pupil
1) Respect is a feeling that someone or something is important and should be treated well. tree →
2) To respect someone is to treat them politely and fairly and value their feelings and choices. tree →
3) To respect a rule or a place is to follow it or take care of it. tree →
4) «In this respect» means in this way or detail. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school and everyday life, respect means listening when others speak, using kind words, not touching others' things without asking, and accepting differences. Respect for nature: leave no litter, do not harm wildlife. Respect for your body and others' bodies: say no, and accept no. Phrases: «show respect», «treat with respect», «earn respect», «with respect», «pay your respects» (visit or honour someone, often after a death).
examples
- Treat everyone with respect. tree →
- We respect each other's opinions. tree →
- Respect the rules of the pool. tree →
- She earned the team's respect. tree →
- Respect people who are different from you. tree →
- Respect nature: take your litter home. tree →
- Respect someone's «no». tree →
- The boy listened with respect to the old man's story. tree →
- She felt such respect for what he knew! tree →
note
Uncountable as a feeling. Adjectives: «respectful» (showing respect), «respectable» (decent), «respected» (admired). Do not confuse «respectfully» and «respectively» (in that order).
In the corpora
- Newsreaders speak slowly and look serious about deaths to show respect for the people who died and their families.
- A few things need respect.
- But Badger explains: Toad has to live here and be respected, not be a laughing-stock for the weasels.
- For soldiers, words like "the fallen" and "made the ultimate sacrifice" show respect for those who died in war.
- "With all due respect" sounds respectful, but it nearly always comes just before "you are wrong".
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «respect» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.