Meaning & use
respective
Belonging or relating separately to each of two or more people or things previously mentioned.
See it in a sentence
The students returned to their respective classrooms after the assembly ended.
Each team celebrated in its respective locker room after the tournament.
A note on using this word
Always used before a plural noun to assign something distinctly to each item in a list.
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