respectとは

発音

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɛkt/
• 韻: -ɛkt
• ハイフネーション: re‧spect

名詞

respect (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 respects)

1. (uncountable) an attitude of consideration or high regard

   He is an intellectual giant, and I have great respect for him.

   we do respect people for their dignity and worth.

2. (uncountable) good opinion, honor, or admiration
3. (uncountable, always 複数形) Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.

   The mourners paid their last respects to the deceased poet.

4. (countable) a particular aspect, feature or detail of something
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 36:

     In our two loves there is but one respect

   This year's model is superior to last year's in several respects.

5. Good will; favor
   • 1611, King James Version, Exodus 2:25:

     And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

使用する際の注意点

• Adjectives often applied to "respect": great, high, utmost, absolute

同意語

• (attitude of consideration): deference, esteem, consideration, regard, fealty, reverence, aught
• (good opinion): admiration, esteem, reverence, regard, recognition, veneration, honor
• (polite greetings, condolences):
• (aspect): aspect, facet, face, side, dimension

反意語

• belittlement
• contempt
• contumely
• despect (noun) (古風な用法)
• disdain
• disparagement
• disrespect (noun)
• ignoring
• irreverence
• neglect
• scorn
• slight

派生語

関連する語

• respective

動詞

respect (三人称単数 現在形 respects, 現在分詞 respecting, 過去形および過去分詞形 respected)

1. To have respect for.

   She is an intellectual giant, and I respect her greatly.

2. To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.

   I respect your right to hold that belief, although I think it is nonsense.

3. To abide by an agreement.

   They failed to respect the treaty they had signed, and invaded.

4. To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.
   • Shakespeare

     Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood.

   • Francis Bacon

     In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs.

5. (transitive, dated except in "respecting") To relate to; to be concerned with.
   • J. Lee

     Glandulation respects the secretory vessels, which are either glandules, follicles, or utricles.

   • 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House

     I hope I may never again be in a state of mind so unchristian as the mental frame in which I lived for some weeks, respecting the memory of Master B.

6. (obsolete) To regard; to consider; to deem.
   • Ben Jonson

     To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, / And as his own respected him to death.

7. (obsolete) To look toward; to face.
   • Sir Thomas Browne

     Palladius adviseth, the front of his house should so respect the South […]

派生語

同意語

• (to have respect for): honor, revere, venerate
• (to regard as worthy of special consideration): esteem, value

反意語

• (to have respect for): contemn, despect (verb) (古風な用法), despise, dis, diss, disrespect (verb)
• (to regard as worthy of special consideration): belittle, ignore, neglect, slight

間投詞

respect

1. (Jamaica) hello, hi

Further reading

• respect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• respect in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

アナグラム

• Sceptre, recepts, restecp, scepter, sceptre, specter, spectre