adj
Meaning 1
Heedless, regardless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
irrespective
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪɹɪˈspɛktɪv/
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rhymes with -ɛktɪv
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CMU ARPABET: IH2 R AH0 S P EH1 K T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Without regard for conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbiased; independent; impartial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- an irrespective judgment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Disrespectful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he carried on regardless of the difficulties
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: regardless, disregardless, no matter, disregarding
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin ir- English ir- English respective English irrespective From ir- + respective.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: независим (nezavisim) — regardless
- Dutch: ongeacht — regardless
- Finnish: riippumatta — regardless
- German: ungeachtet — regardless
- German: ohne Berücksichtigung — regardless
- German: unabhängig von — regardless
- Spanish: sin considerar — regardless
- Spanish: independiente de — regardless
- Spanish: no respectivo — regardless
Real reading context