adverb · neutral
respectively
/rɪˈspɛktɪvli/re·SPECT·ive·ly
in the same order as the items just mentioned; used to link pairs of lists or numbers to their referents
Examples
“The male and female ratios were 60% and 40%, respectively.”
“The two cities reported 10,000 and 8,000 visitors respectively last year.”
“A and B scored 85 and 90, respectively.”
Band 8 sentence
“The proportions for categories A, B and C were 15%, 35% and 50%, respectively, illustrating a clear skew towards C.”
Collocations
- X and Y were A and B, respectively.
- followed by a comma in formal writing: ..., respectively.
Word family
Common mistakes
Respectively, the values were 10 and 20.→The values were 10 and 20, respectively.
They are 10 and 20 respectively for A and B→They are 10 and 20 for A and B respectively / They are 10 and 20, respectively, for A and B
Say it for a higher band
5in order→6in that order→7+respectively
Synonyms
in that order
Easily confused
in order
“The values were 5, 10 and 15 in order.”
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