reciprocal

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Shared equally between two people or groups.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive.

Examples

  • The ministers will pay reciprocal visits early next year.

  • The reciprocal of one-half is two.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Mutually interchangeable.

  2. Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.

  3. Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.

More examples

In context

  • a reciprocal invitation to lunch

  • reciprocal duties

  • reciprocal love

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Latin reciprocus, possibly from a phrase such as reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”).