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RESPECTS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(often used with 'pay') a formal expression of esteem
Example:
he paid his respects to the mayor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("respects" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb respect
Context examples:
“That fellow will rise from crime to crime until he does something very bad, and ends on a gallows. The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
However, we may congratulate ourselves upon a curious and, in some respects, a unique case.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Everyone likes and respects him, and I'm proud to think he cares for me, though I'm so poor and young and silly, said Meg, looking prettier than ever in her earnestness.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“And now they’re payin’ their respects to each other and tryin’ to get clear,” the red-faced man went on, as the hurried whistling ceased.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Although her disposition was gay and in many respects inconsiderate, yet she paid the greatest attention to every gesture of my aunt.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
My respects, Sir Ed’ard!
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was a hearty, full-blooded fellow, full of spirits and energy, the very opposite to me in most respects, but we had some subjects in common, and it was a bond of union when I found that he was as friendless as I. Finally, he invited me down to his father’s place at Donnithorpe, in Norfolk, and I accepted his hospitality for a month of the long vacation.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He wishes me to convey his love, and to say that by this post I write for him to Mr. Peter Hawkins, Exeter, to say, with his dutiful respects, that he is sorry for his delay, and that all of his work is completed.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
In all other respects, her visit began and proceeded very well.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
I wish you good-day, Master Copperfield, and leave my umble respects for Miss Betsey Trotwood.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
