respective spouse

collocation in English

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respective
adjective[before noun]
uk
/rɪˈspek.tɪv/us
/rɪˈspek.tɪv/
relating or belonging to each of the separate people or things you have ...
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spouse
noun[C]
uk
/spaʊs/us
/spaʊs/
a person's husband ...
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(Definition ofrespectiveandspousefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Each transaction gives information about the name of the giver/seller and receiver/buyer, their relationship and respective spouses, the name and size of the property and the price.
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Empathy grows into love, as they soon develop an adulterous romantic relationship while still being married to their respective spouses.
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They began living together, as their respective spouses had each refused to grant either of them a divorce.
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The two became good friends and, once divorced from their respective spouses, became romantically involved, marrying in 1975.
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His parents married in 1809, their respective spouses having died.
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The participating couples write out responses to questions handed out and then share their answers with their respective spouses.
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The husbands give thoughtful gifts, or elaborate ones to respective spouses.
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As the pair discuss their respective spouses with withering scorn, they realise that all four are married to the wrong person.
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They meet every day for coffee and discuss their situations and advise each other in understanding their respective spouses better.
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Their intense feelings for each other soon lead to an affair drawing resentment from their respective spouses.
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After their respective spouses died, they reunited and got married.
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After returning to their respective spouses, the two astronauts never speak about their ordeal.
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But there are two nagging problems: their respective spouses.
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