respective C1 Topic:People & Society US /ɹɪˈspɛktɪv/ See IPA manual Freq #20891 Meanings 1 adj Belonging separately to each of the people or things mentioned. After the meeting, they returned to their respective offices. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · belonging separately to... correspondingspecificseveral Word family Derived forms corespectivedisrespectiveirrespectiverespectivelyrespectivenessunrespective Etymology AI details Borrowed from Medieval Latin respectivus, from Latin respectus. By surface analysis, respect + -ive. respectivus la-med respectus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # respective **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈspɛktɪv/ **Frequency rank:** 20891 ## Meanings 1. Belonging separately to each of the people or things mentioned. ## Examples - After the meeting, they returned to their respective offices. ## Derived Forms - corespective - disrespective - irrespective - respectively - respectiveness - unrespective ## Roots and Affixes - Root: respectivus - Root: respectus ## Etymology Borrowed from Medieval Latin respectivus, from Latin respectus. By surface analysis, respect + -ive. ## AI Etymology Respective is borrowed from Medieval Latin respectivus, from Latin respectus. By surface analysis, respect + -ive. The historical chain includes respectivus (Medieval Latin) and respectus (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as corespective, disrespective, irrespective, and respectively. In present use it covers belonging separately to each of the people or things mentioned. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown