respectively
/ɹɪˈspɛktɪvli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Serena Williams and Roger Federer won the women's and men's singles titles, respectively, at the 2010 Australian Open."
- "The 49th and 50th states of the United States of America are Alaska and Hawaii, respectively."
- "Visible distance behind and before us, is respectively our image of memory and hope."
- "If, as we have said, the sun were a ball nine feet across, our earth would, in proportion, be the size of a one-inch ball, and at a distance of 323 yards from the sun. The moon would be a speck the size of a small pea, thirty inches from the earth. Nearer to the sun than the earth would be two other very similar specks, the planets Mercury and Venus, at a distance of 125 and 250 yards respectively. Beyond the earth would come the planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, at distances of 500, 1806, 3000, 6000, and 9500 yards respectively."
- "Two tao with three and five perforations, respectively, made of black jade, were found at the site of Shih-mao in Shensi, Yü-lin District, Shen-mu County. Their total lengths are 49 and 55 centimeters.⁴⁷"
- "Despite of the absence of Shaun Derry and Adel Taarabt because of illness and injury respectively, the home side began superbly. Helguson twice threatened early on with shots from the right-hand corner of the box before Anton Ferdinand spurned a great chance at the back post following the Icelandic striker's header back across goal."
Etymology
Etymology tree English respective Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English respectively From respective + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more respectively (comparative)
most respectively (superlative)
resp. (alternative, abbreviation)