[rɪˈspɛktɪv], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- belonging or relating separately to each of two or more people or things
(e.g: they chatted about their respective childhoods)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘relative, comparative’): from medieval Latin respectivus, from respect- ‘regarded, considered’, from the verb respicere (see respect), reinforced by French respectif, -ive