Phrase guide

with respect to

prep · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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1

prep

Meaning 1

Regarding; concerning; pertaining to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anent, as regards, in respect of, in terms of, with regard to, in the way of

Antonyms: none provided

2

prep

Meaning 2

Taking as the independent variable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • To calculate acceleration, you need to differentiate velocity with respect to time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: килгәндә (kilgəndə) — pertaining to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 關於 /关于 (guānyú) — pertaining to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 對於 /对于 (duìyú) — pertaining to
  • Czech: s ohledem na — pertaining to
  • Danish: med hensyn til — pertaining to
  • Danish: hvad angår — pertaining to
  • Dutch: ten opzichte van — pertaining to
  • Dutch: met betrekking tot — pertaining to
  • Esperanto: rilate al — pertaining to
  • Finnish: suhteen — pertaining to
  • Finnish: suhteessa — pertaining to
  • Finnish: liittyen — pertaining to
  • French: quant à — pertaining to
  • French: à l’égard de — pertaining to
  • Galician: a respeito de — pertaining to
  • Galician: a respecto de — pertaining to
  • German: in Bezug auf — pertaining to
  • German: bezüglich — pertaining to
  • Greek: σε σχέση με (se schési me) — pertaining to
  • Greek: εν σχέση προς (en schési pros) — pertaining to
  • Hindi: से संबंधित (se sambandhit) — pertaining to
  • Hungarian: szerint — pertaining to
  • Hungarian: megfelelően — pertaining to
  • Hungarian: ami ...-t illet/illeti — pertaining to
  • Italian: per quanto riguarda — pertaining to
  • Italian: rispetto a — pertaining to
  • Italian: a fronte di — pertaining to
  • Japanese: について (ni tsuite) — pertaining to
  • Maltese: rigward — pertaining to
  • Norwegian Bokmål: med hensyn til — pertaining to
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hva angår — pertaining to
  • Norwegian Bokmål: angående — pertaining to
  • Portuguese: em relação a — pertaining to
  • Romanian: relativ la — pertaining to
  • Romanian: în ceea ce privește — pertaining to
  • Russian: что каса́ется (što kasájetsja) — pertaining to
  • Russian: относи́тельно (otnosítelʹno) — pertaining to
  • Russian: каса́тельно (kasátelʹno) — pertaining to
  • Scottish Gaelic: a thaobh — pertaining to
  • Slovak: s rešpektom voči — pertaining to
  • Spanish: con respecto a — pertaining to
  • Spanish: en cuanto a — pertaining to
  • Swedish: med hänsyn till — pertaining to
  • Tagalog: tungod sa — pertaining to
  • Tamil: பற்றிய வகையில் (paṟṟiya vakaiyil) — pertaining to
  • Finnish: suhteen — mathematics
  • French: en fonction de — mathematics
  • Norwegian Bokmål: med hensyn på — mathematics
  • Portuguese: relativamente a — mathematics
  • Portuguese: em função de — mathematics