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respects

n. uncountable
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ɹəˈspɛks// UK //ɹɪspˈɛkts// re·spects

n. polite greetings or a way to show you care about someone. You often use this word when you want to send your best wishes to a friend's family or visit someone who has died.

n. polite greetings or expressions of esteem; formal manifestations of deference or condolence.


SIMPLE

Please give my respects to your parents.

CONTEXTUAL

Many people went to the funeral home to pay their last respects to the former mayor.

COMPLEX

While the two diplomats disagreed on almost every policy point, they never failed to pay their respects to one another's cultural traditions during official state visits.

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I paid my respect to himI paid my respects to himIn the context of formal greetings or funerals, the word must be plural.

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