respiration
Syllables: res·pi·ra·tion/ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/
respiration noun: the process of inhaling and exhaling.
Noun
respiration (countable and uncountable, plural respirations)
- The process of inhaling and exhaling.
- In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; […]1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section...
- Synonyms:
- breathing, ventilation
- An act of breathing: a single breath.
- Gowan snored, each respiration choking to a huddle fall, as though he would never breathe again.1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 76
- Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.
- The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.
- Near-synonym: metabolism
- Synonyms:
- metabolism
respiration meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
respiration in Hindi
- breathing
- श्वसन śvasan
respiration in Tamil
- உயர்த்தல், மூச்சுவிடல், சுவாசம், உயிர்ப்பு, சுவாசித்தல், மூச்சு
respiration in Urdu
- تنفس
respiration in Telugu
- breathing
- శ్వాసక్రియ śvāsakriya
More languagesFewer languages
- respiration in Kannada
- ಉಸಿರಾಟ, ಶ್ವಾಸೋಚ್ಛ್ವಾಸ, ಉಚ್ಛ್ವಾಸ ನಿಶ್ವಾಸ
- respiration in Assamese
- উশাহ-নিশাহ uxah-nixah
- respiration in Tagalog
- paghinga, palahingahan
- respiration in Indonesian
- respirasi, pernapasan
Examples of respiration in a sentence
- A human being burns a certain amount of carbon with each respiration.
- Some salamanders are both gillless and lungless as adults, relying solely on cutaneous respiration to breathe.
- Blackheart results from inadequate oxygen supply for respiration (asphyxiation) of internal tuber tissue.
Synonyms of respiration
Forms of respiration
| plural | respirations |
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Origin of respiration
From Middle English respiracioun, borrowed from Latin respīrātiō, respīrātiōnem.
Words formed from respiration
Words that rhyme with respiration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about respiration
- What does respiration mean?
- Respiration means the process of inhaling and exhaling.
- What is respiration in Hindi?
- Respiration in Hindi is श्वसन (śvasan). See Respiration meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is respiration?
- Respiration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce respiration?
- Respiration is pronounced /ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of respiration?
- The plural of respiration is respirations.
Words near respiration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: respiration (page history and authors); respiration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); respiration (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); respiration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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