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Definitions: Respect |
RespectNoun1. (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect". 2. The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard". 3. An attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him". 4. An courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my respects to the dean". 5. Behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes". 6. A feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect". 7. Courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy". Verb1. Regard highly; think much of. 2. Show respect towards; "honor your parents!". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "respect" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
RESPECT | English | Requirements engineering and specification in telematics | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: RespectSynonyms: deference (n), obedience (n), regard (n), respectfulness (n), abide by (v), esteem (v), honor (v), honour (v), observe (v), prise (v), prize (v), value (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: disesteem (n), disrespect (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Completeness | Adverb: completely; Adjective: altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground. |
Courtesy | Visit, wait upon, present oneself, pay one's respects, pay a visit; (sociability); dance attendance on; (servility); pay attentions to; do homage to; (respect). |
Noun: courtesy; respect; good manners, good behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness; Adjective: bienseance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension; (humility); affability, complaisance, pr_venance, amability, gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy. | |
Negation | Adverb: no, nay, not, nowise; not a bit, not a whit, not a jot; not at all, nohow, not in the least, not so; negative, negatory; no way; no such thing; nothing of the kind, nothing of the sort; quite the contrary, tout au contraire, far from it; tant s'en faut; on no account, in no respect; by no, by no manner of means; negatively. |
Observance | Verb: observe, comply with, respect, acknowledge, abide by; cling to, adhere to, be faithful to, act up to; meet, fulfill; carry out, carry into execution; execute, perform, keep, satisfy, discharge; do one's office. |
Piety | Noun: piety, religion, theism, faith; religiousness, holiness; Adjective: saintship; religionism; sanctimony; (assumed piety); reverence; (respect); humility, veneration, devotion; prostration; (worship); grace, unction, edification; sanctity, sanctitude; consecration. |
Relation | Thereof; as to, as for, as respects, as regards; about; concerning; Verb: anent; relating to, as relates to; with relation, with reference to, with respect to,with regard to; in respect of; while speaking of, a propos of; in connection with; by the way, by the by; whereas; for as much as, in as much as; in point of, as far as; on the part of, on the score of; quoad hoc; pro re nata; under the head of; (class) of; in the matter of, in re. |
Repute | Account, regard, respect; reputableness; Adjective: respectability; (probity); good name, good report; fair name. |
Respect | Verb: respect, regard; revere, reverence; hold in reverence, honor, venerate, hallow; esteem; (approve of); think much of; entertain respect for, bear respect for; look up to, defer to; have a high opinion of, hold a high opinion of; pay attention, pay respect; n. to; do honor to, render honor to; do the honors, hail; show courtesy; salute, present arms; do homage to, pay homage to; pay tribute to, kneel to, bow to, bend the knee to; fall down before, prostrate oneself, kiss the hem of one's garment; worship. |
Noun: respect, regard, consideration; courtesy; attention, deference, reverence, honor, esteem, estimation, veneration, admiration; approbation. | |
Command respect, inspire respect; awe, inspire awe, impose, overawe, dazzle. | |
Adverb: in deference to; with all respect, with all due respect, with due respect, with the highest respect; with submission. | |
Right | Without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons; upon even terms. |
Smallness | Almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but; near upon, close upon; peu s'en faut, near the mark; within an ace of, within an inch of; on the brink of; scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than. about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say; be the same, be little more or less. no ways, no way, no wise; not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow; in no wise, in no respect; by no means, by no manner of means; on no account, at no hand. |
Truth | Exactly; Adjective: ad amussim; verbatim, verbatim et literatim; word for word, literally, literatim, totidem vervis, sic, to the letter, chapter and verse, ipsissimis verbis; ad unguem; to an inch; to a nicety, to a hair, to a tittle, to a turn, to a T; au pied de la lettre; neither more nor less; in every respect, in all respects; sous tous les rapports; at any rate, at all events; strictly speaking. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Respect |
| English words defined with "respect": In respect of ♦ respect to ♦ To have respect of persons, To respect the person. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "respect": fraction of zero binding with respect to total ♦ In respect of. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "respect": Compunctive ♦ Disrespective ♦ Respectant ♦ Taotai. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Respect" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (respect), French (abidance, attention, deference, esteem, fulfillment, look out, obeisance, regard, respect, reverence), Romanian (consideration, deference, duty, esteem, estimation, homage, obeisance, observance, observancy, regard, respect, reverence). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, I can respect your opinion, Sadly I'm not good at rejection, I'm afraid you'll have to die! (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Forgive me if I have a lingering respect for life. (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Yes but Your Holiness, with due respect, erm, we can't possibly (Seven Years in Tibet; writing credit: Becky Johnston) With all due respect, M, I don't think you have the balls for this. (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) You might show a little more respect, the man saved our lives by giving his. (The Lost World: Jurassic Park; writing credit: David Koepp) | |
Lyrics | Right now and I respect (Unsent; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) A little respect sock it to me, sock it to me, ("Respect"; performing artist: Aretha Franklin) I wanna be someone, someone they show respect (We Live; performing artist: Bosson) So I can collect respect, plus a check (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre) You'll give your woman a little respect (My Lovin'(you're never gonna get it); performing artist: En Vogue) | |
Clever | When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself. (references; author: Mark Twain) Respect cannot be learned, purchased, or acquired; it can only be earned. (references; author: unknown) People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either of them being made. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | I Could Never Have Sex with a Man Who Has So Little Respect for My Husband (1973) Why We Respect the Law (1950) Respect the Law (1941) Zimbabwe - Respect for Africa (1994) Respect (1994) | |
Song Titles | RESPECT YOURSELF (performing artist: Staple Singers ) | |
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![]() | The Japanese have the greatest respect for the next man's health. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by T. Takahara.. | ![]() | Respect au sesque et a'la vieillesse, canailles! / Pigal. Lith. de Langlumé.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | If dreams came true. Willie's new dog would be accorded proper respect.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Brotherhood begins with respect.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Del respeto proviene la hermandad! Brotherhood begins with respect!.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Baltasar Gracian | Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. |
J. P. Senn | Let us respect gray hairs, especially our own. |
Johann Kaspar Lavater | The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time. |
Marquis De Sade | The majority of pop stars are complete idiots in every respect. |
Oscar Wilde | The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out. |
Plutarch | Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Men are respectable only as they respect. |
The Koran | O men, respect women who have borne you. |
Voltaire | We owe respect to the living. To the dead we owe only truth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | A clerk shall not be amerced in respect of his lay holding except after the manner of the others aforesaid; further, he shall not be amerced in accordance with the extent of his ecclesiastical benefice. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | It is one thing to owe honour, respect, gratitude and assistance; another to require an absolute obedience and submission. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | They respect the nation, not individual rights, and being entrusted to the executive, the decision of the executive is conclusive. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | By changes in the material conditions of existence, this form of Socialism, however, by no means understands abolition of the bourgeois relations of production, an abolition that can be effected only by a revolution, but administrative reforms, based on the continued existence of these relations; reforms, therefore, that in no respect affect the relations between capital and labour, but, at the best, lessen the cost, and simplify the administrative work, of bourgeois government. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Tribunal may award to one of the parties a sum in respect of the expenses of the proceedings. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | From what I have seen of our Russian friends and Allies during the war, I am convinced that there is nothing they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for weakness, especially military weakness. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. (reference) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | An additional reason for the inconclusive nature of the Amendment's history, with respect to segregated schools, is the status of public education at that time. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | Let me also here assure them that it is not from any want of respect for their criticisms, that I have carefully forborne from reading any of them. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The heaviest rain, and snow, and hail, and sleet, could boast of the advantage over him in only one respect. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Still, even in respect of grace and beauty, there were points well worth noting. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The crowd fell back with respect. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | I can respect that invention of the grey spouse of Satan. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Nothing that I respect, my gracious lord. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | It might have pleased fortune to let the Lilliputians find some nation, where the people were as diminutive with respect to them, as they were to me. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | This was my answer with respect to those youths who were bent on this pursuit, trusting that they would soon outgrow it. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A reappraisal of Fahr's syndrome with respect to 14 new cases. (references) | |
An environment of mutual respect is essential to maintain a quality healthcare system. (references) | ||
The data should be maintained in a central registry, with respect for confidentiality. (references) | ||
Business | There is respect for older and more senior members of a group. (references) | |
This represented a slight increase with respect to the previous quarter. (references) | ||
Productive long-term business relationships are built on a foundation of honesty and mutual respect. (references) | ||
Children | Kyrgyz Republic | There were 700 to 800 child inspectors in the country--MVD policemen charged with enforcing the law with respect to juveniles. (references) |
Belgium | The new article provides that every child has the right to respect for his or her moral, physical, mental, and sexual integrity. (references) | |
Azerbaijan | The criminal code prescribes severe penalties for crimes against children, and in general, the young are treated with respect regardless of gender. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Cyprus | Both authorities respect the right to travel abroad and to emigrate. (references) |
Albania | The police generally maintained order with due respect for citizens' rights. (references) | |
Albania | Various human rights groups called on all parties to respect law and order and the right to freely assemble. (references) | |
Discrimination | Bhutan | Women are accorded respect in the traditions of most ethnic groups, although some exile groups claim that gender discrimination is a problem. (references) |
Macedonia | This principle will be applied in particular with respect to employment in public administration and public enterprises, and access to public financing for business development." However, societal discrimination against ethnic minorities persisted, and the protection of women's rights remained a problem. (references) | |
Economic History | Netherlands | Belgian Belgacom has been named in this respect. (references) |
Human Rights | Indonesia | The courts generally respect these limits. (references) |
Jamaica | She has been engaged in educating JCF trainees as well as junior officers to respect citizens' rights. (references) | |
Bolivia | The training emphasized respect for human rights and internationally accepted principles of crowd control. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Peru | Nevertheless, according to the director of the Human Rights Ombudsman's Native Communities Program, the only right still statutorily set aside for this native population with respect to its land is that of "unassignability," which prevents the title to such lands from being reassigned to some nonindigenous tenant by right of tenure. (references) |
Minorities | Nepal | The adherents of the country's many religions generally coexist peacefully and respect all places of worship. (references) |
Ethiopia | Ethiopian Orthodox leaders complained that at times Protestants fail to respect Orthodox holy days and Orthodox customs. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sudan | Employers generally respect the minimum wage. (references) |
Pakistan | Musharraf has said that he would respect this timeframe. (references) | |
Algeria | The authorities do not always respect defendants' rights to due process. (references) | |
Political Rights | Kuwait | Since 1992 the constitutional provisions with respect to the Assembly have been observed. (references) |
Guatemala | The defeated amendments included provisions to recognize, respect, and protect indigenous languages and traditional customs, professionalize the judicial service, give civilian courts jurisdiction over military personnel, and define the army as an apolitical organization. (references) | |
Togo | On July 29, 1999, all sides signed an accord called the "Lome Framework Agreement," which included a pledge by President Eyadema that he would respect the Constitution and not seek another term as president after his term expires in 2003. The accord also called for the negotiation of legal status for opposition leaders, as well as for former heads of state (such as their immunity from prosecution for acts in office), although at year's end only the former had been considered. (references) | |
Trade | Ireland | Experienced importers respect overseas vendors' payment terms. (references) |
Nigeria | All shares (i.e. whether ordinary or preferential) issued by a company must carry one vote in respect of each share. (references) | |
Pakistan | The Ministry of Commerce also issues authorization in respect of motor cars imported by disabled persons, and arms and ammunition. (references) | |
Travel | Mexico | Special respect may be given to older members. (references) |
Ireland | Its value changes with respect to the U.S. dollar. (references) | |
Korea | Koreans have a great respect for the family and hierarchy. (references) | |
Women | Poland | The main task of the office is to ensure that victims of violence are treated with respect by law enforcement and the judicial system. (references) |
Uruguay | Women's salaries average two-thirds those of men, a figure that reflects gradual improvement in recent years with respect to pay equity. (references) | |
Ecuador | Discrimination against women is pervasive in society, particularly with respect to educational and economic opportunities for those in the lower economic strata. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Slovenia | In general urban employers respect the age limits. (references) |
New Zealand | Inspection and legal penalties ensure respect for provisions against forced labor. (references) | |
Spain | Any striking union must respect minimum service requirements negotiated with the respective employer. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ABRIDGE, v.t. To shorten. When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for people to abridge their king, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. Oliver Cromwell |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Al Hunt | Senator Hagel, several times you've mentioned that we ought to examine what a post-Saddam Iraq would look like. The vice president said he would envision a post-Saddam Iraq that would be a democracy, that would respect human rights. |
Dan Rather | Well I think, with all respect, that you didn't understand what I said. That is not my opinion. I said this was Ariel Sharon's opinion, and was the prevailing, widespread consensus in Israel itself, making that comparison. |
Fred Thompson | I'm not going to endorse anyone. I have the greatest respect for Lamar. I have worked with Ed Bryant, and I have respect for Ed for sure. |
House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner | Well, I don't think we should let the world know what criminal investigations are going on, particularly with respect to terrorism. |
Richard Gephardt | Bob, I have tremendous respect for both of them. But as I tried to say yesterday, I think this is a time when both sides need to try as hard as they possibly can to reach consensus and bipartisan agreement. |
Rod Steiger | Just stay mentally healthy and physically healthy and make sure my son and wife respect me, whether I'm alive or to hear my name today or tomorrow. |
Rush Limbaugh | Bill Clinton has a history of association, respect for, and mentorship with powerful racists and segregationists! |
Yasser Arafat | See, you haven't the right to ask me this question. You have to respect the democracy. What will be the result of the election, we will respect it. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | To secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force organized and ready to vindicate it from insult or aggression. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | We are determined that effective control shall be maintained in Germany until we are satisfied that the German people have regained the right to a place of honor and respect. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | The community of nations requires mutual respect. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Just as we respect the right of each nation to determine its own future, we also recognize the responsibility of each nation to secure its own future. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We've won new respect in this hemisphere with the Panama Canal treaties. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | On the international scene, we had an uncomfortable feeling that we'd lost the respect of friend and foe. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | So I ask all Americans to respect and support our police. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | A civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Respect" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.58% of the time. "Respect" is used about 5,284 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 85.58% | 4,522 | 2,164 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 11.1% | 586 | 10,818 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.31% | 175 | 23,506 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,284 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "respect": all due respect ♦ all respect for him! ♦ as a mark of respect ♦ command smb.'s respect ♦ commanding respect ♦ deserving of respect ♦ fraction of zero binding with respect to total ♦ have respect ♦ have respect for ♦ have respect for smb. ♦ have respect to ♦ have respect to smth. ♦ hold smb. in respect ♦ in every respect ♦ In respect ♦ in respect of ♦ in respect to ♦ in that respect ♦ in this respect ♦ lack of respect ♦ pay one's respect to smb. ♦ pay respect ♦ respect for smb. ♦ respect highly ♦ respect oneself ♦ respect persons ♦ respect to ♦ self respect ♦ show great respect ♦ show respect ♦ show respect for ♦ To have respect of persons ♦ To respect the person ♦ to respect the persons ♦ token of respect ♦ treat with respect ♦ with all due respect ♦ with all respect ♦ with due respect to ♦ with respect ♦ with respect to ♦ with the highest respect ♦ without respect to ♦ without respect to consequences ♦ without respect to persons. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "respect": respect-is-due. | |
Ending with "respect": By-respect, mock-respect, non-respect, self-respect. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Afrikaan | respekteer, respek, aansien (appearance, aspect, esteem, look, regard, sight, view). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | respektoj (esteem, honor, honour, keep, regard, venerate), respekt (deference, esteem, honor, honour, regard, respectability), referim (mention, reference, touching), përket, nderoj (crown, curtsey, curtsy, esteem, honor, honour, venerate), nderim (compliments, consideration, credit, curtsey, curtsy, deference, devoirs, distinction, esteem, estimation, homage, honor, honour, obeisance, respectability, respectfulness, reverence, salute, veneration), mbaj (attach, Bate, bear, breed, carry, deduct, enshrine, force upon, get off, give, have, have smth. on, hold, keep, keep on, maintain, man, perform, pitch, preserve, refrain, retain, save, support, sustain, wear, withhold), lidhje (affinity, alliance, bandage, bearing, binding, bond, bracer, bracing, catena, communication, confederate, confederation, conjunction, connection, connexion, contact, cord, coupling, dressing, federation, join, joining, joint, knot, league, ligament, ligature, link, link up, linkage, nexus, rapport, regard, relation, relevance, relevancy, seam, signalling, tap, tie, tie up, truss, tying), lidh (articulate, associate, bend, bind, buckle, bundle, colligate, concatenate, connect, couple, do up, dress, enfetter, fasten, glue, hitch, hook up, interconnect, join, joint, lace, ligate, link, moor, regard, relate, solder, splice, string, switch on, tie, tie down, truss, unite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كرامة (dignity), مراعاة (adherence to, considerateness, consideration, deference, keeping, observance, regard), تقدير (appreciation, assessment, estimate, estimation, evaluation, rating, recognition, regard, valuation), تعلق (affection, appertain, attach, become attached, cherish, cleave, concern, crush, depend, fixation, hold of smth., pertain, snag, stick by smb., touch, treasure), علاقة (bond, connection, connexion, link, linkage, nexus, rapport, relation, relationship, relevance, runner, shroud, tie), صدد, إكبار (obeisance), إحترم (abide by, consider, dignify, esteem, honor, honour, look up to, regard), إحترام (consideration, courtesy, deference, esteem, estimation, homage, honor, honour, obeisance, prestige, regard, reputability, respects, reverence), إتصل (approach, communicate, connect, contact, join, pertain, reach, relate), إعتبار (account, consideration, esteem, estimation, horn, prestige, regard, stature, status, thoughtfulness), إجلال (homage, honor, honour, solemnity, tribute), أعز (cherish, hold dear, treasure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | уважение (admiration, consideration, credit, deference, duty, esteem, estimation, homage, honor, honour, obeisance, observance, piety, regard, reverence, worship), уважавам (admire, esteem, hold in esteem, honor, honour, mind, notice, regard, venerate, worship), спазвам (adhere, comply, hold, keep, mind, observe, preserve, satisfy), тача (keep, preserve, revere, reverence, venerate, worship), внимание (addresses, attention, caution, count, heads up, heed, look out, note, notice, precaution, regard, remark, solicitude, study), отношение (attitude, bearing, concern, contact, count, deal, dealing, feeling, play, posture, proportion, ratio, reference, regard, relation, relationship, sentiment, stance, treatment), отнасям се с внимание към, не се натрапвам на, зачитане (homage, regard), зачитам (humor, humour, regard, study), почтителност (court, deference, respectfulness), почитане (esteem, honoring, honouring), почитам (admire, commemorate, esteem, honor, honour, notice, revere, venerate, worship), почит (esteem, homage, honor, honour, obeisance, regard, reverence, worship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 尊敬 (respectfully, revere, reverence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | respektovat (observe), respekt (awe), zřetel (consideration, heed, reference, regard), vážit si (appreciate, esteem, make much of, prize, regard, repute, revere, treasure), přízeò (Favor, favour, goodwill, grace, patronage), ohled (heed, regard), mít zřetel na, dbát (heed), ctít (honor, honour, revere, venerate, worship), úcta (awe, deference, esteem, estimation, obeisance, piety, regard, reputation, reverence, tribute, veneration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | respektere (to observe), respekt, have respekt for, have respekt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | respecteren (to observe), respect, eerbiedigen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | respekto, respektindeco (deference, devotion), respekti, ŝatateco (esteem, regard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ملاحظه (Consideration, Heed, Prudence, Regard, Tact), محترم داشتن , مراجعه (Recourse, Reference, Referral), نسبت (Blood, Cognation, Kinship, Proportion, Rapport, Ratio, Relation, Relationship, Scale), احترام گذاشتن به , احترام (Curtsy, Obeisance, Regard, Respectability, Revere, Reverence, Tribute, Veneration), رجوع (Reference, Referral, Reversion), رابطه (Bond, Habit, Liaison, Linkage, Tie), بزرگداشتن , بزرگداشت . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kunnioittaa (commend, do homage to, esteem, glorify, honour, laud, praise, think well of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | respect (regard, reverence), respecter (regard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | oer alle boegen (in all respects, in every respect, in every way). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Respekt (awe, deference, fear, respectfulness), respektieren (honor, honour, to observe), hinsicht (regard, relation, sense, terms, way), Achtung (acuity, advertence, advertency, attention, caution, danger, deference, esteem, estimate, estimation, get ready for it, look out, regard, watch out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σέβομαι (defer, defer to, look up to, revere, venerate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מורא (awe, fear, fright, reverence), יראת כבו" (awe, homage, reverence, veneration), לכב" (dignify, honor, honour, look up to, venerate), ל"תחשב (consider, take into account), ל"וקיר (adore, appreciate, cherish, hold dear, prize, treasure, venerate), ל""ור (adorn, esteem, honour), לרחוש כבו", ל "ו' כבו" ב- (honour), כבו" (credit, dignity, glory, homage, honor, honour, honourable, kudos, laurel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vonatkozás (aspect, bearing, concern, reference, regard, relation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | virða, bera virðingu fyrir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | salut (admire, greetings, salute), menjunjung (hold in the high esteem), menghormati (defer, deferential, honor, revere), hormat (compliment, deference, regard), gengsi (esteem, prestige, put on airs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | meas (consider, think). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rispetto (dutifulness, duty, esteem, propriety, regard, submission), rispettare (abide, comply with, esteem, keep, observe, think, think well of, to observe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 恭敬 (reverence, veneration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょうきょう (Kyoto Symphony Orchestra), きょうけい (reverence, veneration), そ"けい (an elder brother, elderly person, esteem, honour, reverence), そ"ちょう (esteem, one's seniors, one's superiors, regard, village headman), うやまい (esteem, honor, reverence, veneration), いけい (awe, reverence), けいい (complications, details, easy, honour, how it started, how things got this way, light, particulars, position, sequence of events, simple, whole story). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 존경 (respects). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scansh (consequence, importance, moment, momentousness, regard), arrym (honour, reverence, solemnity, veneration), ammys (allegiance, homage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | respektere, ha respekt for. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | respetá, rèspèt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | espectray respeito (awe, deference, duty, esteem, home, reference, regard, worship), respeitar (hold in esteem, honor, honour, look upon, regard, to observe, touch upon), deferência (consideration, deference, homage). (various references) respeito (reference). (various references) reverenţã (bow, curtsey, curtsy, esteem, obeisance, reverence), respecta (esteem, follow, hold, honor, honour, keep, observe, redeem, regard, revere), respect (consideration, deference, duty, esteem, estimation, homage, obeisance, observance, observancy, regard, reverence), raport (account, bearing, connection, memoir, rapport, ratio, record, reference, relation, relationship, report, return, statement), omagii (address, duties, regards, respects), a-şi ţine rangul, admira (admire, reverence, venerate), cinste (appreciation, ceremony, chastity, consideration, credit, crown, esteem, fairness, faith, faithfulness, fame, Favor, favour, fealty, gift, glory, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, morality, probity, repute, straight, treat, truth, uprightness, virtue), cinsti (booze, drink, esteem, grace, hallow, honor, honour, keep, treat), consideraţie (attention, consideration, count, deference, esteem, examination, recognition, regard, sake, thought), deferenţã (deference, observancy, regard), ţine seamã de (bear in mind, make allowance for, take account of, take into consideration), lua în considerare (consider, envisage, look at, mind, reck, take into account), supunere (acquiescence, allegiance, manageability, meekness, obedience, subjection, submission), onora (dignify, honor, honour, meet, protect, revere), se referi (advert to, apply to, belong with, make reference to, mean, notice, pertain to, refer into, regard), stima (esteem, hold, hold in estimation, reckon, revere, reverence), legãturã (band, bandage, bearing, bind, binder, binding, bond, brace, bracer, bunch, bundle, communion, concern, conjunction, connection, contact, cord, harmony, headkerchief, hoist, junction, knot, lashing, league, liaison, ligament, link, link up, marriage, nexus, pack, pertinence, rapport, reference, relation, relationship, relevance, relevancy, sheaf, tie, touch, truss, unity). (various references) saidìnav (to respect). (various references) уважение (appreciation, consideration, deference, esteem, estimation, homage, obeisance, regard), уважать (esteem, hold in esteem, honor, honour, look up to, regard), соблюдать (abide, abide by, keep, observe), щадить (spare), чтить (honor, honour), отношение (attitude, bearing, mindset, quotient, rate, ratio, reference, regard, relation, relationship), почтение (duty, homage, obeisance, respects, reverence), почитать (honor, honour, revere). (various references) urramaich (revere), urram (deference, honour, reverence), toirt (excelling, giving, importance; bulk, taste, value), prìs (price), onoir (dignity, honour), miadh (demand, esteem). (various references) respekt, uvažavati (accept), pogled (eyewink, glance, look, outlook, regard, sight, view, vista), poštovati (esteem, honor, honour, venerate), poštovanje (deference, esteem, estimation, regard, respects, reverence, tribute), obzir (consideration, regard, view). (various references) respetar (abide, honor, honour, look up, to observe, tolerate), respeto (deference, esteem, estimate, estimation, regard), estimación (appraisal, esteem, estimate, estimation, forecasting, guess, prediction, prognosis, prognostication, regard, underestimate, value), estima (dead reckoning, esteem, regard). (various references) lespeki. (various references) heshima. (various references) respekt (awe, esteem, regard), respektera, hänseende, aktning (consideration, deference, esteem, estimation, obeisance). (various references) paggálang, igálang. (various references) riayet (deference, observance), riâyet etmek, uymak (abide by, accommodate oneself, accord, adapt, agree, answer, assort, become, chime, chime in with, coincide, comply, comply with, comport, conform, consist, consort, correlate, correspond, defer, do, do for, fall with, fit, follow, gear, go, go together, go with, harmonize, keep, keep to, match, mate, obey, observe, pertain, quadrate, sort together, Square, square with, string along with, suit, tally, tally with, tone, work in with), uyma (accommodation, adaptation, adherence, agreement, compliance, conformance, conformation, conformity, deference, fit, observance), saymak (account, assume, calculate, class, consider, count, count down, count in, count off, count up, deem, enumerate, honor, honour, number, number off, number to, rank, rate, reckon, reckon as, reckon for, regard, regard as, repute, suppose, tally, think, treat as), saygı göstermek (consider, defer, do obeisance to, hold in esteem, hold in estimation, honor, honour, make obeisance, pay homage to, pay obeisance to, pay respect, show consideration, show respect, venerate), saygı (compliment, consideration, deference, esteem, estimation, homage, obeisance, piety, regard, veneration), ilgili bulunmak, ilgi (affinity, attachment, attention, bearing, care, concern, connection, connexion, curiosity, interest, involvement, liking, pertinence, reference, regard, relation, relationship, relativeness, relevance, relevancy, solicitude, sympathies, sympathy, thought), hatır (sake), hürmet etmek (do obeisance to, do smb. proud, make obeisance, pay obeisance to, pay tribute, show respect, venerate), hürmet (deference, homage, honor, honour, obeisance, regard, reverence, tribute, veneration), bakım (aspect, attendance, attention, care, custody, handling, keep, keeping, maintenance, nurse, nurseling, nursing, nursling, nurture, overhaul, point of view, regard, upkeep, way), ayrıcalık gözetme, alâka (attachment, bearing, concern, connection, interest, relation, relationship, relevance, relevancy). (various references) yzzat (awe, respect 1, reverence), sylaюyk (mutual respect), sylag (gift, honor, respect 1), sarpa (respect 2), hormat (esteem, honor, respect 1), horma (respect 1), hezzet-hormat (esteem, respect 1), hatyra (esteem, respect 1), dul (place of respect, widower). (various references) стосуватися (belong, concern, regard), увага (attention, count, diligence, hark, heed, mind your eye, nix, note, notice, off, regard), відношення (appurtenance, bearing, concern, ratio, regard, relation), повага (credit, deference, esteem, estimation, homage, obeisance, regard, respectfulness), поважати (esteem, fear, regard, weigh), додержувати. (various references) sự tôn trọng (abidance), sự chú ý mối quan hệ, phương diện (light), mối liên quan điểm. (various references) perchi (revere), parchu (revere, reverence), parch (reverence). (various references) -hlonipha. 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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 2. ni. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | contemplatus, erubesco, honora, honorabile, honorabilem, honorabiles, honorabilis, honorabitur, honorantibus, honorare, honorari, honorasti, honorat, honorate, honorati, honoratior, honoratorum, honoratur, honoratus, honoraverunt, honoravi, honoravit, honorem, honoremus, honores, inhonesta, inhoneste, inhonesto, respectione, respectu, respectus, respexeris, respexero, respexerunt, respexi, respexisset, respexisti, respexistis, respexit, respexitque, respice, respicere, respiceremus, respiceret, respiciam, respiciantque, respicias, respiciat, respiciebant, respiciebat, respiciens, respiciensque, respicient, respiciente, respicientem, respicientes, respicientibus, respicientis, respicies, respiciet, respicio, respicis, respicit, respicite, respicitis, respiciunt, revereamur, revereantur, reverearis, reverebamur, reverebitur, reverebuntur, reveremini, reverentia, reverentiam, reveriti, reveritus, reveritusque, veneratio, vereatur, verebantur, verebar, verecundia, verecundiae, verecundiam, verenda, verentur, vereor, vererentur, veritas, veritus. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | garô. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | respit. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 21, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oi de akousanteV edoxazon ton kurion eipon te autw qewreiV adelfe posai muriadeV eisin ioudaiwn twn pepisteukotwn kai panteV zhlwtai tou nomou uparcousin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | At illi cum audissent magnificabant Deum dixeruntque ei vides frater quot milia sint in Iudaeis qui crediderunt et omnes aemulatores sunt legis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne thei herden, thei magnyfiden God, and seiden to hym, Brothir, thou seest how many thousyndis ben in Jewis, that han bileued to God, and alle ben loueris of the lawe. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And when they hearde it they glorified the Lorde and sayde vnto him: thou seist brother how many thousande Iewes ther are which beleve and they are all zelous over ye lawe. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe; and they are all zealous of the law: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 21, Verse 20 |
| Albanian | Dhe ata, kur dëgjuan këtë, përlëvduan Perëndinë dhe i thanë Palit: ''Vëlla, ti po sheh sa mijëra Judenj ka që kanë besuar; dhe të gjithë i përbahen me zell ligjit. |
| Cebuano | Ug sa pagkadungog nila niini, ilang gidalayeg ang Dios. Ug sila miingon kang Pablo, "Igsoon, nakita mo kon unsa kahilabihan kadaghan ang mga Judio nga nanagpanoo; ug kini silang tanan mga masibuton gayud sa kasugoan. |
| Croatian | Pošto su ga oni poslušali, dadoše slavu Bogu pa mu rekoše: "Vidiš, brate: deseci su tisuæa Židova povjerovali i svi su revnitelji Zakona. |
| Danish | Men da de hørte dette, priste de Gud og de sagde til ham: "Broder! du ser, hvor mange Tusinder der er af Jøderne, som have antaget Troen, og de ere alle nidkære for Loven. |
| Dutch | En zij, dat gehoord hebbende, loofden den Heere, en zeiden tot hem: Gij ziet, broeder, hoevele duizenden van Joden er zijn, die geloven; en zij zijn allen ijveraars van de wet. |
| Finnish | Sen kuultuaan he ylistivät Jumalaa ja sanoivat Paavalille: "Sinä näet, veli, kuinka monta tuhatta juutalaista on tullut uskoon, ja he ovat kaikki lainkiivailijoita. |
| French | Quand ils l`eurent entendu, ils glorifièrent Dieu. Puis ils lui dirent: Tu vois, frère, combien de milliers de Juifs ont cru, et tous sont zélés pour la loi. |
| German | Da sie aber das hörten, lobten sie den HERRN und sprachen zu ihm: Bruder, du siehst, wieviel tausend Juden sind, die gläubig geworden sind, und alle sind Eiferer für das Gesetz; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sesudah mendengar cerita Paulus itu, mereka semuanya memuji Allah. Kemudian mereka berkata kepada Paulus, "Saudara Paulus! Saudara harus tahu bahwa sudah beribu-ribu orang Yahudi yang percaya kepada Yesus. Mereka semua adalah orang-orang yang setia mentaati hukum Musa. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka mereka itu pun, setelah mendengar hal itu, memuliakan Allah sambil berkata kepada Paulus, "Hai Saudara, engkau lihat, berapa ribu orang di antara orang Yahudi yang sudah percaya, tetapi sekaliannya itu memegang Taurat dengan gairah. |
| Italian | Quand'ebbero ascoltato, essi davano gloria a Dio; quindi dissero a Paolo: «Tu vedi, o fratello, quante migliaia di Giudei sono venuti alla fede e tutti sono gelosamente attaccati alla legge. |
| Maori | No to ratou rongonga, ka whakakororia i te Atua, ka mea ki a ia, Kua kite koe, e to matou teina, i nga mano tini o nga Hurai kua whakapono nei; e uaua katoa ana hoki ki te ture: |
| Norwegian | Da de hørte det, priste de Gud; og så sa de til ham: Du ser, bror, hvor mangfoldige tusener det er blandt jødene som har tatt ved troen, og alle er de nidkjære for loven; |
| Portuguese | Ouvindo eles isto, glorificaram a Deus, e disseram-lhe: Bem vês, irmãos, quantos milhares há entre os judeus que têm crido, e todos são zelosos da lei; gregos, ouviram a palavra do |
| Rumanian | Cknd l-au auzit, au proslqvit pe Dumnezeu. Apoi i-au zis: ,Vezi, frate, ckte mii de Iudei au crezut, wi toyi sknt plini de rkvnq pentru Lege. |
| Shuar | Papru taman antukar "Yus ti pénkerchakait" tiarmiayi. Tura Páprun ju chichaman tiarmiayi "Támena nu pénkeraiti, Yatsurú, Túrasha Israer-shuar Timiá Untsurí Yus-shuar ajasu ainiayat, "Ashí Muisais akupkamia nu umiktiniaitji" tuiniawai. |
| Spanish | Cuando lo oyeron, glorificaron a Dios. Y le dijeron: --Tú ves, hermano, cuántos miles de judíos hay que han creído; y todos son celosos por la ley. |
| Swahili | Waliposikia hayo, walimtukuza Mungu. Kisha wakamwambia Paulo, "Ndugu, unaweza kuona kwamba kuna maelfu ya Wayahudi ambao sasa wamekuwa waumini na wote hao wanashika kwa makini Sheria ya Mose. |
| Uma | Kara'epe-na pangkeni hi Yerusalem lolita Paulus tohe'e, ra'une' -mi Alata'ala. Ngkai ree, ra'uli' -mi mpo'uli' -ki Paulus: "Hewa toe, ompi': bona nu'inca, moncobu-ncobu-mi ompi' -ta to Yahudi to mepangala' -mi hi Yesus. Hira' toe, paka' to mpotuku' Atura Musa hante nono mpu'u. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "respect": respectabilities, respectability, respectable, respectableness, respectablenesses, respectables, respectably, respected, respecter, respecters, respectful, respectfully, respectfulness, respectfulnesses, respecting, respective, respectively, respectiveness, respectivenesses, respects. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "respect": disrespect. (additional references) | |
Words containing "respect": disrespectabilities, disrespectability, disrespectable, disrespected, disrespectful, disrespectfully, disrespectfulness, disrespectfulnesses, disrespecting, disrespects, irrespective, ultrarespectable, unrespectable. (additional references) | |
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"Respect" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: espect, reapect, recpect, repect, resect, resepct, resept, respct, respeck, respecy, Respekt, respet, respice, Rspce. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "respect" (pronounced ruspe"kt or rēspe"kt) |
| 7 | r u s p e" k t | disrespect. |
| 6 | -u s p e" k t | suspect. |
| 5 | -s p e" k t | expect, inspect, reinspect. |
| 3 | -e" k t | affect, bedecked, checked, collect, confect, connect, correct, decked, deflect, deject, detect, direct, disaffect, disconnect, disinfect, dissect, effect, eject, elect, erect, incorrect, indirect, infect, inflect, inject, interconnect, interject, intersect, misdirect, necked, neglect, overprotect, perfect, protect, rechecked, recollect, reconnect, redirect, reelect, reflect, reject, resurrect, sect, select, subject, trekked, unchecked, wecht, wrecked. |
| 5 | -s p e" k t | disrespect, expect, inspect, reinspect, suspect. |
| 3 | -e" k t | affect, bedecked, checked, collect, confect, connect, correct, decked, deflect, deject, detect, direct, disaffect, disconnect, disinfect, dissect, effect, eject, elect, erect, incorrect, indirect, infect, inflect, inject, interconnect, interject, intersect, misdirect, necked, neglect, overprotect, perfect, protect, rechecked, recollect, reconnect, redirect, reelect, reflect, reject, resurrect, sect, select, subject, trekked, unchecked, wecht, wrecked. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: recepts, scepter, sceptre, specter, spectre. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: certes, creeps, crepes, erects, pester, peters, preset, recept, resect, secret, terces. | |
-2 letters: cepes, ceres, cetes, creep, crepe, crept, crest, erect, ester, peers, perse, peter, prees, prese, prest, reest, reset, scree, speer, spree, steep, steer, stere, strep, terce, terse, trees. | |
-3 letters: cees, cepe, ceps, cere, cete, erst, pecs, peer, pees, pert, pest, pets, pree. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: crepiest, excerpts, percents, percepts, perfects, precents, precepts, prefects, prelects, receipts, respects, scepters, sceptred, sceptres, specters, spectres. | |
+2 letters: accepters, becarpets, cerotypes, copresent, creepiest, depicters, perfectas, perfectos, persecute, picketers, pocketers, praefects, praelects, precisest, preelects, preenacts, preerects, prentices, prescient, preselect, pretences, prosected, prosecute, reaccepts, recarpets, receptors, reinspect, repatches, respected, respecter, sceptered, supercute, tricepses. | |
+3 letters: archetypes, carpenters, cooperates, copresents, crepitates, deprecates, disrespect, epicenters, escarpment, excerpters, excerptors, imperfects, imprecates, intercepts, interspace, pacesetter, pederastic, percolates, perfecters, perfectest, persecuted, persecutee, persecutes, persecutor, preachiest, precedents, precentors, preceptors, predicates, preselects, princelets, procreates, prosecuted, prosecutes, prospected, puckeriest, putrescent, putrescine, recaptures, receptions, recipients, recomputes, reinspects, replicates, resculpted, respecters, respectful, respecting, respective, retrospect, sceptering, spermaceti, spirochete, waterscape. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 73 70 65 63 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ... .--. . -.-. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110011 01110000 01100101 01100011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e s p e c t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0073 0070 0065 0063 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52718582716986 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Abbreviations | 21. Acronyms 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Orthography 26. Bibliography |
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