respiration B2 Topic:Food & Drink US /ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #22530 Meanings 1 noun The process of breathing in and out. The doctor checked the patient's respiration and heart rate. 2 noun A single complete breath in and out. A resting adult takes about twelve to twenty respirations per minute. 3 noun The biological process by which cells release energy from food using oxygen. In biology class we learned how respiration turns sugar into energy inside our cells. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the process of breathing in... breathingventilation 3 noun · the biological process by... cellular respirationmetabolism Word family Forms respirations Derived forms chlororespirationphotorespirationrespirational Related forms respire Common collocations cellular respiration Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English respiracioun, borrowed from Latin respīrātiō, respīrātiōnem. respiracioun Middle English respiratio Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Food & Drink External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # respiration **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 22530 ## Meanings 1. The process of breathing in and out. 2. A single complete breath in and out. 3. The biological process by which cells release energy from food using oxygen. ## Examples - The doctor checked the patient's respiration and heart rate. - A resting adult takes about twelve to twenty respirations per minute. - In biology class we learned how respiration turns sugar into energy inside our cells. ## Derived Forms - chlororespiration - photorespiration - respirational ## Related Forms - respire ## Roots and Affixes - Root: respiracioun - Root: respiratio ## Etymology From Middle English respiracioun, borrowed from Latin respīrātiō, respīrātiōnem. ## AI Etymology Respiration comes from Middle English respiracioun, borrowed from Latin respīrātiō, respīrātiōnem. Modern senses include the process of breathing in and out. and a single complete breath in and out.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as chlororespiration, photorespiration, and respirational and related forms such as respire. ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown