Respective
adjective
Belonging or pertaining separately to each of many individuals, groups, or things; particular.
They went home to their respective houses.

Often appears as...
- respective roles
- respective responsibilities
adjective
Belonging or pertaining separately to each of many individuals, groups, or things; particular.
They went home to their respective houses.

Often appears as...
- respective roles
- respective responsibilities
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Clarifies Ownership
Used to specify who or what owns or is responsible for something in a group situation.

The siblings inherited their respective shares of the estate.
Multiple Participants
Highlights that each person or thing in a group has a separate item or role.

Team members reported on their respective tasks during the meeting.
Emphasizes Distinction
Underlines that things or people are considered individually, not collectively.

The partners contributed to the project in their respective fields of expertise.
Clarifies Ownership
Used to specify who or what owns or is responsible for something in a group situation.

The siblings inherited their respective shares of the estate.
Multiple Participants
Highlights that each person or thing in a group has a separate item or role.

Team members reported on their respective tasks during the meeting.
Emphasizes Distinction
Underlines that things or people are considered individually, not collectively.

The partners contributed to the project in their respective fields of expertise.
Clarifies Ownership
Used to specify who or what owns or is responsible for something in a group situation.

The siblings inherited their respective shares of the estate.
Multiple Participants
Highlights that each person or thing in a group has a separate item or role.

Team members reported on their respective tasks during the meeting.
Emphasizes Distinction
Underlines that things or people are considered individually, not collectively.

The partners contributed to the project in their respective fields of expertise.
Video examples
Fred Jansen: How to land...
normally done with spacecraft. Normally, you look at the sky and you know where you point and where you are. In this case, that's not enough. We navigated by looking at landmarks on the comet. We recognized features -- boulders, craters -- and that's how we know where we are respective to the comet.
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Meet the dazzling flying...
What can you do with all this surplus? The thing to notice is that it is highly symmetric. As a result, it is ambivalent to orientation. This gives it an extraordinary capability. It can move anywhere it wants in space irrespective of where it is facing and even of how it is rotating.
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Can you cheat death by...
from your target, but snakes open up a surprising amount of opportunities. For instance, these three ladders would put you a single roll from the exit, but cost too many turns to reach by ladders. These two are, however, only 5 and 12 rooms from snake tails, respectively.
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Why does your voice...
we effortlessly change notes as we speak. By pushing air faster or slower, we change the frequency and amplitude of these vibrations, which respectively translate to the pitch and volume of our voices. Rapid and small vibrations create high-pitched, quiet tones,
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The history of the Cuban...
The crisis was now over. While criticized at the time by their respective governments for bargaining with the enemy, contemporary historical analysis shows great admiration for Kennedy's and Khrushchev's ability to diplomatically solve the crisis.
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Why we make bad...
or one month, respectively -- a 30-day delay -- but they show the reverse pattern when you push the entire decision off into the future a year. Now, why in the world do you get this pattern of results? These guys can tell us.
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Giving checkmate is...
the world number one in ultimate competition and I have to say no I did but I did challenge all the top grandmasters I planed it in the world championship tournaments and I did beat 11 respective world champions
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
and our low crime rate is pretty shaky. It turns out that the crime rate goes up and down irrespective of how many young people we send to prison. We tend to think about justice in a pretty narrow
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Jealousy Bites PIPE Brain...
we've invited these babies puppies and their respective Guardians to take part in what might be the cutest experiment we've ever conducted our toddlers and pooches will be put through a series of
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New experiments in...
So at the end of it, we concluded that groups of children can learn to use computers and the internet on their own, irrespective of who or where they were.
Video examples
Fred Jansen: How to land...
normally done with spacecraft. Normally, you look at the sky and you know where you point and where you are. In this case, that's not enough. We navigated by looking at landmarks on the comet. We recognized features -- boulders, craters -- and that's how we know where we are respective to the comet.
Video examples
Meet the dazzling flying...
What can you do with all this surplus? The thing to notice is that it is highly symmetric. As a result, it is ambivalent to orientation. This gives it an extraordinary capability. It can move anywhere it wants in space irrespective of where it is facing and even of how it is rotating.
Video examples
Can you cheat death by...
from your target, but snakes open up a surprising amount of opportunities. For instance, these three ladders would put you a single roll from the exit, but cost too many turns to reach by ladders. These two are, however, only 5 and 12 rooms from snake tails, respectively.
Video examples
Why does your voice...
we effortlessly change notes as we speak. By pushing air faster or slower, we change the frequency and amplitude of these vibrations, which respectively translate to the pitch and volume of our voices. Rapid and small vibrations create high-pitched, quiet tones,
Video examples
The history of the Cuban...
The crisis was now over. While criticized at the time by their respective governments for bargaining with the enemy, contemporary historical analysis shows great admiration for Kennedy's and Khrushchev's ability to diplomatically solve the crisis.
Video examples
Why we make bad...
or one month, respectively -- a 30-day delay -- but they show the reverse pattern when you push the entire decision off into the future a year. Now, why in the world do you get this pattern of results? These guys can tell us.
Video examples
Giving checkmate is...
the world number one in ultimate competition and I have to say no I did but I did challenge all the top grandmasters I planed it in the world championship tournaments and I did beat 11 respective world champions
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
and our low crime rate is pretty shaky. It turns out that the crime rate goes up and down irrespective of how many young people we send to prison. We tend to think about justice in a pretty narrow
Video examples
Jealousy Bites PIPE Brain...
we've invited these babies puppies and their respective Guardians to take part in what might be the cutest experiment we've ever conducted our toddlers and pooches will be put through a series of
Video examples
New experiments in...
So at the end of it, we concluded that groups of children can learn to use computers and the internet on their own, irrespective of who or where they were.
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Amelia Earhart
American Aviator
Aviation offered such fun as crossing the continent in planes large and small, trying the whirling rotors of an autogiro, making record flights. With these activities came opportunity to know women everywhere who shared my conviction that there is so much women can do in the modern world and should be permitted to do irrespective of their sex.

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Mahershala Ali
American Actor
Understand that we are all co-creators of our respective destinies.

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Rob Van Dam
American Wrestler
Anyone in the entertainment business, respectively, is a show-off.

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Vidyasagar
Indian Composer
People, irrespective of the language they speak, love good music.

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Graham Taylor
English Coach
It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result.

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Poonam Dhillon
Indian Actress
Human beings are human beings, irrespective of barriers.

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Courtney Act
Australian Entertainer
I am attracted to people irrespective of their gender.

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Pranitha Subhash
Indian Actress
I'm happy to do good roles, irrespective of language.

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Joe Kaeser
German Businessman
Irrespective of our past, we need to look forward.

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Ashok Saraf
Indian Actor
An actor is an actor irrespective of age.

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Amelia Earhart
American Aviator
Aviation offered such fun as crossing the continent in planes large and small, trying the whirling rotors of an autogiro, making record flights. With these activities came opportunity to know women everywhere who shared my conviction that there is so much women can do in the modern world and should be permitted to do irrespective of their sex.

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Mahershala Ali
American Actor
Understand that we are all co-creators of our respective destinies.

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Rob Van Dam
American Wrestler
Anyone in the entertainment business, respectively, is a show-off.

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Vidyasagar
Indian Composer
People, irrespective of the language they speak, love good music.

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Graham Taylor
English Coach
It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result.

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Poonam Dhillon
Indian Actress
Human beings are human beings, irrespective of barriers.

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Courtney Act
Australian Entertainer
I am attracted to people irrespective of their gender.

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Pranitha Subhash
Indian Actress
I'm happy to do good roles, irrespective of language.

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Joe Kaeser
German Businessman
Irrespective of our past, we need to look forward.

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Ashok Saraf
Indian Actor
An actor is an actor irrespective of age.

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