Reciprocal

Quick meaning: Reciprocal is an adjective meaning Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Mutually interchangeable.
2. (grammar) Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive.
3. Done, given, felt, or owed in return.
4. (grammar) A construction expressing mutual action.
5. (mathematics) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.
6. (arithmetic) The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.

Example Sentences

reciprocal love

reciprocal duties

0.5 is the reciprocal of 2.

a reciprocal invitation to lunch

Word Forms

• reciprocals

Synonyms for reciprocal

Depending on context, synonyms include mutual, two-way, contrary, opposite, converse, inverse.

Antonyms for reciprocal

Common opposites include nonreciprocal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reciprocative, mutual, complementary, interactive, interchangeable, correlative.

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