different between respect vs news

English

Etymology

From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consideration”), from Latin respectus (“a looking at, regard, respect”), perfect passive participle of respici? (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speci? (“to see”). Doublet of respite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???sp?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt
• Hyphenation: re?spect

Noun

respect (countable and uncountable, plural respects)

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

   Synonyms: deference, esteem, consideration, regard, fealty, reverence, aught

2. (uncountable) good opinion, honor, or admiration

   Synonyms: admiration, esteem, reverence, regard, recognition, veneration, honor

3. (uncountable, always plural) Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.

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

     In our two loves there is but one respect

   Synonyms: aspect, dimension, face, facet, side

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.

Usage notes

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

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• respective

Translations

Verb

respect (third-person singular simple present respects, present participle respecting, simple past and past participle respected)

1. To have respect for.

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

3. To abide by an agreement.

4. To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.
5. (transitive, dated except in "respecting") To relate to; to be concerned with.
   • 1806, James Lee, An Introduction to Botany:

     Glandulation respects the secretory vessels, which are either glandules, follicles, or utricles.
6. (obsolete) To regard; to consider; to deem.
7. (obsolete) To look toward; to face.

Derived terms

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Translations

Interjection

respect

1. (Jamaican) hello, hi

References

• respect at OneLook Dictionary Search
• respect in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• respect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• respect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French respect, from Old French respect, from Latin respectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?s?p?kt/, /r??sp?kt/
• Hyphenation: res?pect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

respect n (uncountable)

1. respect

   Synonym: eerbied

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: respek
• ? Indonesian: respek

French

Etymology

From Latin respectus. Doublet of répit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.p?/

Noun

respect m (plural respects)

1. respect

Derived terms

• avec tout le respect que je vous dois
• respecter
• respectueux
• sauf votre respect
• tenir en respect

Further reading

• “respect” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• spectre

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• respeck

Etymology

From English respect.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s?sp?k/
• Hyphenation: res?pect

Interjection

respect

1. greetings, hello, hi
   • (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

2. bye, goodbye
   • (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

See also

• guidance
• manners
• protection

Noun

respect

1. respect

   Synonym: ratings

Derived terms

• respect due

Verb

respect

1. respect

   Synonym: rate

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French respect, Latin respectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /res?pekt/

Noun

respect n (uncountable)

1. respect, consideration, deference, esteem, regard

   Synonym: stim?

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• respect in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

From Middle English newes, newys (“new things”), equivalent to new (noun) +? -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Näis (“news”), East Frisian näjs ("news"), West Frisian nijs (“news”), Dutch nieuws (“news”), German Low German Neeis (“new things; news”). Often erroneously said to be an acronym of "North, East, West, South" or "Noteworthy Events, Weather, Sports".

Pronunciation

• enPR: nyo?oz, no?oz, IPA^(key): /n(j)u?z/
• Homophones: gnus, nus (in some dialects)
• Rhymes: -u?z
• Hyphenation: news

Noun

news (uncountable)

1. New information of interest.
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, Alls Well that Ends Well, Act II, sc 3:

     Sirrah, your lord and master's married; there's news for you: you have a new mistress.

   Is there any news about the storm?

   That was not much news in the press release.

2. Information about current events disseminated via media.

   Did you hear/read/see the latest news?

   The news is that a new leader will be elected in one month.

3. (computing, Internet) Posts published on newsgroups

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

news (third-person singular simple present newses, present participle newsing, simple past and past participle newsed)

1. (transitive, archaic) To report; to make known.
   • 1874, Robert Cowie, Shetland (page 157)

     This remark was newsed abroad; whereupon the loyal authorities of Lerwick immediately had the revolutionary skipper arrested, on a charge of high treason.

References

• News (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• news on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• sewn, snew, wens

French

Noun

news m (plural news)

1. news magazine or programme

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• nyouz

Etymology

From English news.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [njuz]

Noun

news

1. news, information

   Synonyms: nouvel, samachar

Polish

Etymology

From English news.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?us/

Noun

news m anim

1. news (new information of interest)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) newsowy

Further reading

• news in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• news in Polish dictionaries at PWN