What does respecting mean?
Word: Respecting
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Respecting means showing respect for someone or something, or obeying a rule. In formal English it can also mean about or concerning.
Synonyms: honouring, valuing, obeying, concerning
Antonyms: ignoring
How do you spell respecting?
Syllables: re - spect - ing
Tricky part: The k sound before the t is a plain c: spect. Students write respeckting or double the t before ing.
Watch out for: respeckting, rispecting, respectting
Memory tip: Spect is Latin for look, as in spectacles and spectator: respecting someone means looking at them with care.
Respecting in a sentence
Example 1: Respecting elders is something Nani taught us early.
Example 2: Respecting the library rules, we spoke only in whispers.
Example 3: The committee asked for views respecting the new timetable.
Fun Fact
Aretha Franklin's 1967 hit Respect spells the word out letter by letter, R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word respecting as used in the sentence:
By respecting the umpire's decision, the young batsman won the crowd's admiration.
a) disregarding
b) accepting
c) noticing
d) admiring
Show answer
a) disregarding. Respecting the decision means accepting it; disregarding it means paying it no attention.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Mr Rao was liked for gcpseniter every student's opinion.
a) expecting
b) perfecting
c) inspecting
d) respecting
Show answer
d) respecting. Expecting needs an x, inspecting has two n's and perfecting needs an f; these ten letters make respecting.
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word:
1. tolerence 2. respecting 3. courtesy 4. gratitude
a) accepting views unlike your own
b) the feeling of being thankful
c) polite and kind behaviour
d) showing respect for; obeying
Show answer
a) accepting views unlike your own. Tolerance ends in -ance, as balance does, so tolerence cannot be right.
Word Makeup
Add dis to make an opposite. Only one of these words can take it:
dis
a) perfect
b) partial
c) proper
d) respecting
Show answer
d) respecting. Disrespecting is the opposite of respecting, while perfect, partial and proper form theirs with im: imperfect, impartial, improper.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Respecting the traffic rules means ____.
a) writing new ones
b) learning them by heart
c) teaching them to others
d) following them carefully
Show answer
d) following them carefully
2. In formal English, a letter respecting your fees is a letter ____.
a) in praise of your fees
b) on the subject of your fees
c) in place of your fees
d) in protest at your fees
Show answer
b) on the subject of your fees
