with respect to

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with respect to something

considering or relating to something. There is another question with respect to this plan that must be answered before any decision can be made. Do you really believe your memory is clear in respect to what happened?

Related vocabulary: in terms of something

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She has also extensive commerce with Portugal, Spain, and Britain, and, with respect to the two latter, has, in addition, the circumstance of neighborhood to attend to. Federalist Papers Authored by John Jay by Jay, John View in context But since you possess that virtue, why the devil don't you make use of it with respect to her Majesty? The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context It must, however, be confessed that we cannot understand, excepting on vague hypotheses, several facts with respect to the sterility of hybrids; for instance, the unequal fertility of hybrids produced from reciprocal crosses; or the increased sterility in those hybrids which occasionally and exceptionally resemble closely either pure parent. The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context More results

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She has also extensive commerce with Portugal, Spain, and Britain, and, with respect to the two latter, has, in addition, the circumstance of neighborhood to attend to.

Federalist Papers Authored by John Jay by Jay, John View in context

But since you possess that virtue, why the devil don't you make use of it with respect to her Majesty?

The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

It must, however, be confessed that we cannot understand, excepting on vague hypotheses, several facts with respect to the sterility of hybrids; for instance, the unequal fertility of hybrids produced from reciprocal crosses; or the increased sterility in those hybrids which occasionally and exceptionally resemble closely either pure parent.

The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context

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