"respected" meaning in English

See respected in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-us-respected.ogg [US] Forms: respected [positive], more respected [comparative], most respected [superlative]
Head templates: {{adjective|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If someone is respected, they have or deserve respect.
    Sense id: simple-respected-en-adj-P2AtqKyO

Verb

Audio: en-us-respected.ogg [US] Forms: respect [canonical], respects [third-person, singular], respected [past], respected [past, participle], respecting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|respect}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The past tense and past participle of respect.
    Sense id: simple-respected-en-verb-oKLYoM-L
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "respected",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more respected",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most respected",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "more": "true"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He is respected by his peers for his outstanding writing abilities."
        },
        {
          "text": "A kind person is generally more respected than a mean person."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If someone is respected, they have or deserve respect."
      ],
      "id": "simple-respected-en-adj-P2AtqKyO"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-us-respected.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "respected"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "respect",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "respects",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "respected",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "respected",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "respecting",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "respect"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I have always respected Tom's ability to tell the truth no matter how hard it might be."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The past tense and past participle of respect."
      ],
      "id": "simple-respected-en-verb-oKLYoM-L"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-us-respected.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "respected"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "respected",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more respected",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most respected",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "more": "true"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He is respected by his peers for his outstanding writing abilities."
        },
        {
          "text": "A kind person is generally more respected than a mean person."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If someone is respected, they have or deserve respect."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-us-respected.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "respected"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "respect",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "respects",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "respected",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "respected",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "respecting",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "respect"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Past participles",
        "Past tense forms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I have always respected Tom's ability to tell the truth no matter how hard it might be."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The past tense and past participle of respect."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-us-respected.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "respected"
}

Download raw JSONL data for respected meaning in English (1.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-08 from the simplewiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (51d164f and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.