respects

1. 1.

   (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem

   “he paid his respects to the mayor”

   Broadermessage

Other forms of respects

plural

respectses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about respects

What does respects mean?

respects means "(often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem".

How many syllables are in respects?

respects has 2 syllables: re-spects. The stress falls on "spects". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈspɛkts/.

Is respects a common word?

respects is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.