reciprocal
Collocations
3ADJ.
early, next, relevant
VERB + RECIPROCAL
find, need, pay, squares
RECIPROCAL + NOUN
duties, fraction, gesture, one-half, verbs, zugzwang
Definitions
adj
Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
reciprocal love
reciprocal duties
Mutually interchangeable.
These two rules will render a definition reciprocal with the thing defined.
Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive.
Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.
Done, given, felt, or owed in return.
a reciprocal invitation to lunch
noun
The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.
0.5 is the reciprocal of 2.
A construction expressing mutual action.
Depending on where reciprocalization applies (syntax vs. lexicon), the relevant reciprocal verbs are claimed to exhibit specific properties, in particular: (i) syntactic reciprocals are fully productive whereas lexical reciprocals have only limited productivity; […]
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — concerning each of two or more persons or things
Antonyms
- nonreciprocal
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6reciprocal love
Wiktionaryreciprocal duties
WiktionaryLet our reciprocall vowes be remembred.
Wiktionary0.5 is the reciprocal of 2.
WiktionaryDepending on where reciprocalization applies (syntax vs. lexicon), the relevant reciprocal verbs are claimed to exhibit specific properties, in particular: (i) syntactic reciprocals are fully producti
WiktionaryThe reciprocal of one-half is two.
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