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  1. RESPECTIVE definition: 1. relating or belonging to each of the separate people or things you have just mentioned: 2…. Learn more.

  2. The meaning of RESPECTIVE is particular, separate. How to use respective in a sentence.

  3. The earliest known use of the adjective respective is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for respective is from around 1454, in the writing of Reginald Pecock, bishop of Chichester and religious author. respective is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin respectivus.

  4. Respective definition: . See examples of RESPECTIVE used in a sentence.

  5. Define respective. respective synonyms, respective pronunciation, respective translation, English dictionary definition of respective. adj. Relating to two or more persons or things regarded individually; particular: successful in their respective fields. re·spec′tive·ness n.

  6. 2 meanings: 1. belonging or relating separately to each of several people or things; several 2. → an archaic word for respectful.... Click for more definitions.

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  8. the respective roles of men and women in society Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘relative, comparative’): from medieval Latin respectivus , from respect- ‘regarded, considered’, from the verb respicere ‘look back at, regard’, from re- ‘back’ + specere ‘look at’, reinforced by French respectif , -ive .

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