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respects

/rɪˈspɛkt/

US pronunciation

American sound/rɪˈspɛkt/

rɪˈspɛkt

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

rɪ - ˈspɛkt -> respects

Myanmar meaning

(n[pl]) လေးစားမှုများ (v[sg]) လေးစား

Full entry

respect /rÇ'spekt/ n

၁။ [U]~ (for sb/ sth) လေးစားမှု။ a mark/ token of respect ❍ have a deep/ sincere respect for sb ❍ win/ lose the respect of sb ❍ Children should show respect for their teachers. ❍ I have the greatest respect for you/ hold you in the greatest respect. ❍ With respect, sir, I disagree. Compare DISRESPECT See also SELF-RESPECT
၂။ [U]~ (for sb/ sth) အလေးထားမှု။ ထောက်ထားမှု။ အလေးဂရုပြုမှု။ have some/ little/ no respect for sb's feelings ❍ Many young people show very little respect for traditional values.
၃။ [C] အင်္ဂါရပ်။ အချက်။ အရာ။ in this respect ❍ in some/ all/ many/ several/ most respects ❍ In what respect do you think the film is biased?
v
၁။ ~ sb/ sth (for sth) လေးစားသည်။ I respect (you for)your honesty. ❍ a respected scientist.
၂။ (က) အလေးထားသည်။ ထောက်ထားသည်။ respect sb's wishes/ opinions/ feelings ❍ respect the environment (eg by protecting it) ❍ Please respect my (desire for) privacy. ❍ Children should be respected as human beings.
(ခ) အသိအမှတ်ပြုသည်။ respect sb's rights/ privileges ❍ respect cultural differences.
❏ in respect of sth [IDM ](fml or commerce )
၁။ နှင့် ပတ်သက်၍။ နှင့်စပ်လျဉ်း၍။ price rises in respect of gas and water costs.
၂။ အတွက်။ money received in respect of overtime worked.
❏ respecter n ❏ be no/ not be any respecter of persons [IDM ] အတန်းအစားမခွဲခြားဘဲ ဆက်ဆံတတ်သည်။ မျက်နှာမရွေး။ Death is no respecter of persons.
❏ respecting prep (fml ) ဆိုင်ရာ။ နှင့်ပတ်သက်သော။ laws respecting property ❍ information respecting the child's whereabouts.
❏ respects n [pl] (fml ) ဂါရဝပြုကြောင်း။ ရိုသေစွာ နှုတ်ဆက် ကြောင်း။ Give my respects to your parents.
❏ with respect to sth [IDM ] (fml or commerce ) နှင့် စပ်လျဉ်း၍။ This is true with respect to English but not to French. ❍ I am writing with respect to your recent enquiry.

More examples

[respect for] : Students show their respect for the teacher by not talking.
[gain/lose (someone’s) respect] : She has worked hard to gain the respect of her colleagues.
[treat someone with respect] : Children should treat their parents with respect.
[a mark of respect] : We stood silent as a mark of respect for the dead.
[mutual respect] : The negotiations proceeded in an atmosphere of friendship and mutual respect.
[respect for] : When I was young, people had a healthy respect for the law.
They had instilled in him a respect for his traditional culture.
The two stories differ in fundamental respects.
[in this respect] : In this respect, we are no different from other people.

Synonyms

admiration, high opinion, deference, esteem, reverence, abide by, accept, account, acknowledge, adhere to, admire, admire; obey, adoration, adore, appreciate, appreciation, approbation, aspect, attend, awe, be awed by, be kind to, bearing, character, characteristic, comply with, connection, consideration, courtesy, defer to, detail, dignity, estimation, facet, favor, fear, feature, follow, have a high opinion of, have a high regard for, have good opinion of, have high opinion, heed, homage, honor, look up to, manner, matter, note, notice, obeisance, obey, observe of, ovation, particular, pay attention, pay attention to, point, recognition, recognize, reference, regard, relation, repute, revere, sense, set store by, show consideration, show consideration for, show courtesy, spare, take into account, testimonial, think a lot of, think highly of, tribute, uphold, value, venerate, veneration, way, worship

Antonyms

bad manners, condemn, criticism, deny, disdain, disfavor, dishonor, disobey, disregard, disrespect, hate, ignorance, ignore, neglect, overlook, scorn, whole

Cross references

admiration high opinion deference esteem reverence abide by accept account acknowledge adhere to admire admire; obey adoration adore appreciate appreciation approbation aspect attend awe be awed by be kind to bearing character characteristic comply with connection consideration

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