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# respect

«respect» in Mova's school dictionary: **a feeling that someone or something is important and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (respect); verb (respect, respects, respected, respecting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Respect is a feeling that someone or something is important and should be treated well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respect/#m1)

2) To respect someone is to treat them politely and fairly and value their feelings and choices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respect/#m2)

3) To respect a rule or a place is to follow it or take care of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respect/#m3)

4) «In this respect» means in this way or detail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respect/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school and everyday life, respect means listening when others speak, using kind words, not touching others' things without asking, and accepting differences. Respect for nature: leave no litter, do not harm wildlife. Respect for your body and others' bodies: say no, and accept no. Phrases: «show respect», «treat with respect», «earn respect», «with respect», «pay your respects» (visit or honour someone, often after a death).

### examples

- Treat everyone with respect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respect/#x1)
- We respect each other's opinions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respect/#x2)
- Respect the rules of the pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respect/#x3)
- She earned the team's respect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respect/#x4)
- Respect people who are different from you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respect/#x5)
- Respect nature: take your litter home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respect/#x6)
- Respect someone's «no». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respect/#x7)
- The boy listened with respect to the old man's story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respect/#x8)
- She felt such respect for what he knew! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respect/#x9)

### note

Uncountable as a feeling. Adjectives: «respectful» (showing respect), «respectable» (decent), «respected» (admired). Do not confuse «respectfully» and «respectively» (in that order).

### In the corpora

- [Newsreaders speak slowly and look serious about deaths to show respect for the people who died and their families.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/18/)
- [A few things need respect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/2/)
- [But Badger explains: Toad has to live here and be respected, not be a laughing-stock for the weasels.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/15/)
- [For soldiers, words like "the fallen" and "made the ultimate sacrifice" show respect for those who died in war.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/3-death-and-feeling-poorly/2/)
- ["With all due respect" sounds respectful, but it nearly always comes just before "you are wrong".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «respect» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respect/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.