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with respect to

B2CEFR level
20/100Rarity: fairly common
FormalRegister

General phrase

A formal connective meaning concerning or in relation to, used to specify the topic under discussion.

With respect to reliability, the instrument performed consistently across repeated trials.

Similar: regarding, concerning

Topic: Academic writing in General English

Law preposition

Concerning or as regards a specified matter, used to delimit the scope of an obligation.

The Company gives no warranty with respect to the future profitability of the business.

Similar: in respect of, as regards, concerning

Topic: Legal drafting in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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