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It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people in a period of transition, with all the unrest that permeates society on the eve of a new century. The big life issues are at stake.
Bille August

Meaning of "respects" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RESPECTS

respects  [rɪˈspekts] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RESPECTS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Respects is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RESPECTS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of respects in the English dictionary

The definition of respects in the dictionary is an expression of esteem or regard.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RESPECTS


Acts
ækts
after-effects
ˈɑːftərɪˌfɛkts
analects
ˈænəˌlɛkts
effects
ɪˈfɛkts
precincts
ˈpriːsɪŋkts
prospects
ˈprɒspɛkts

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RESPECTS

respect
respectabilise
respectability
respectabilize
respectable
respectableness
respectably
respectant
respected
respecter
respectful
respectfully
Respectfully yours
respectfulness
respecting
respective
respectively
respectiveness
respectless
respell

WORDS THAT END LIKE RESPECTS

career prospects
core subjects
foundation subjects
light effects
lighting effects
personal effects
promotion prospects
Pure Land sects
sound effects
special effects
to pay your last respects
work prospects
zero defects

Synonyms and antonyms of respects in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RESPECTS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «respects» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of respects

Translation of «respects» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RESPECTS

Find out the translation of respects to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of respects from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «respects» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

尊重
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aspectos
570 millions of speakers

English

respects
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सम्मान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النواحي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уважает
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aspectos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্রদ্ধা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

respects
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menghormati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hinsicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngajeni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tôn trọng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விதங்களில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आदर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saygılar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

omaggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szanuje
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поважає
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

puncte de vedere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απόψεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opsigte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avseenden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

henseender
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of respects

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RESPECTS»

The term «respects» is very widely used and occupies the 15.874 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RESPECTS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «respects» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «respects» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about respects

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10 QUOTES WITH «RESPECTS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word respects.
1
Bille August
It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people in a period of transition, with all the unrest that permeates society on the eve of a new century. The big life issues are at stake.
2
P. T. Barnum
Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
3
Gresham Barrett
I will always support legislation which respects and values life.
4
Bob Beamon
My participation in the Art of the Olympians is a natural extension of my athletic career. I find creating a piece of art in many respects mirrors my long jumping efforts illustrating that hard work and inspiration will always be the foundation for success.
5
Bob Beamon
Basketball is big stuff in New York. If you're good in it, everybody respects you. Nobody would want to ruin your shooting eye or your shooting arm.
6
Preet Bharara
In some respects, inside information is a form of financial steroid. It is unfair: it is offensive; it is unlawful; and it puts a black mark on the entire enterprise.
7
John Boehner
Stem cell research must be carried out in an ethical manner in a way that respects the sanctity of human life.
8
David Brainerd
I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am under of self-denial in many respects.
9
Mark Canton
To be honest, I found the 3D in 'Avatar' to be inconsistent and while ground breaking in many respects, sometimes I thought it overwhelmed the storytelling. Technology aside, I wish 'Avatar' had been more original in its storytelling.
10
Andrew Card
The Oval Office symbolizes... the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I'm going to say democracy. And when you have a dress code in the Supreme Court and a dress code on the floor of the Senate, floor of the House, I think it's appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office of the President.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RESPECTS»

Discover the use of respects in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to respects and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Molly the Great Respects the Flag: A Book about Being a Good ...
Molly is upset when she finds out that Candy is carrying the flag in the Fourth of July parade, but Molly proves she is a good citizen when she helps Candy obey all the rules for handling the flag.
Shelley Marshall, 2010
2
Ryan Respects
Ryan thinks it is funny to call the slowest runner in his class "Doug the Slug," until his older brother teases him for having a teddy bear.
Virginia L. Kroll, 2006
3
Last Respects: A Novel
Reliving each moment as he searches for his mother, Benny comes to understand that this is just another day in the life of a boy desperate to find his mother’s love. This ebook features a foreword by Alistair Cooke.
Jerome Weidman, 2013
4
Alexander and Rufus: or, A series of dialogues on church ...
To say, that the whole duty of the magistrate, as such, respects men, not as christians, but as members of civil society, is to say no more than that he is an officer not of the church, but of civil society. For it is obvious, that the duty of a person ...
John Anderson, 1820
5
Social Structure, Space and Possession in Tongan Culture and ...
My respects to the Ha'a Vaea! My respects to the chiefs who live within the enclosure of the Tu'i Kanokupolu (namely Tu'iha'angana, Malupō, Tu'iha'ateiho, and likewise Tu'i'āfitu and Tu'ilakepa)!24 My respects to Maliepo and Molofaha ( i.e. ...
Svenja Völkel, 2010
6
Transition to an Ordinal Metaphysics
Knowledge and Reality Appearances are real because they are determinate in some respects. Yet every order, though determinate in some respects, is indeterminate in others. The question is always which respects, in what ways, relative to ...
Stephen David Ross, 1980
7
Connectionism and Meaning: From Truth Conditions to Weight ...
In the case of the human mind, systematicity consists in the fact that, for example, the individual able to entertain the thought that Salieri respects Mozart must, by necessity and in order for the mind of that individual to be systematic, be able to ...
Stuart A. Jackson, 1996
8
Anti-Christian Polemic in Early Islam: Abū ʻĪsá Al-Warrāq's ...
The substance identical with the hypostases in some respects 44 If they claim that the substance is identical with the hypostases in some respects, then a number of the points included in our questions to those who claim that the substance is ...
Muḥammad ibn Hārūn Warrāq, David Richard Thomas, 1992
9
The Works of John Owen
For as the apostle speaks, Rom. x. 10. ' With the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.' Both these ends, that which respects our faith and love, and that which respects our profession, ...
John Owen, 1826
10
Sacramental Discourses
Verse 24, there is mention of that end of this ordinance which respects our faith. Now, that is recognition. Recognition is a calling over or a commemoration of the death of Christ. “This do,” says he, “in remembrance of me.” That which respects ...
John Owen

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RESPECTS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term respects is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ted Nugent, former U.S. Rep. Allen West pay respects to Lafayette …
As law enforcement continued their investigation into Thursday night's deadly shooting at the Grand Theatre in Lafayette, people in the community and from ... «WDSU New Orleans, Jul 15»
2
Mourners gather to pay respects to slain Georgia Marine
KENNESAW, Ga. -- Mourners are gathering in suburban Atlanta to pay respects to a Marine who was fatally shot in attacks on military facilities in Chattanooga. «Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jul 15»
3
Taye Diggs Respects Ex-Wife Idina Menzel More Than Ever
I look at her with even more respect and a little bit of awe. TV is like a walk in the park,” Taye said. Idina spent a year on Broadway starring in the musical If/Then ... «Just Jared, Jul 15»
4
Scores pay respects to man killed in eastern Pennsylvania
(AP) — Scores of people have paid their respects to an eastern Pennsylvania man gunned down earlier this month in what authorities say appears to have been ... «LancasterOnline, Jul 15»
5
Sport pays respects to 7/7 victims
On the eve of the five-match series, Alastair Cook's team stood heads bowed - as thousands more have around the country - as respects were paid to those who ... «shropshirestar.com, Jul 15»
6
First Minister pays her respects to victims of Tunisian massacre
North Lanarkshire provost Jim Robertson said: “Flags on council buildings have flown at half-mast as a mark of respect since the scale of the tragedy and the ... «Motherwell Times, Jul 15»
7
Hundreds Pay Respects To Trooper Killed In Crash
Thousands of people, from all over the country, gathered in Anderson County Sunday night to remember a native of that area, a Kentucky State Police Trooper ... «LEX18 Lexington KY News, Jun 15»
8
Montrealers pay final respects to ex-mayor Jean Doré at secular …
Jean Doré's friends and family as well as politicians of various stripes paid their final respects Monday to the former Montreal mayor who was credited with ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
9
VIDEO: Hundreds pay their respects at service for Jeremy Birch in …
Hundreds of residents, councillors, community leaders and dignitaries gathered in Warrior Square Gardens yesterday (Saturday, June 20) to pay their respects ... «Hastings and St. Leonards Observer, Jun 15»
10
Mourners line up to pay respects to Jacques Parizeau
MONTREAL—Hundreds of people lined up to pay their respects to former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau on Saturday at a building that will soon bear his ... «Toronto Star, Jun 15»

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