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reciprocative

re·cip·ro·cate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ri-sip-ruh-keyt]
    • /rɪˈsɪp rəˌkeɪt/
    • /rɪsˈɪprəkətˌɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-sip-ruh-keyt]
    • /rɪˈsɪp rəˌkeɪt/

Definitions of reciprocative word

  • verb with object reciprocative to give, feel, etc., in return. 1
  • verb with object reciprocative to give and receive reciprocally; interchange: to reciprocate favors. 1
  • verb with object reciprocative to cause to move alternately backward and forward. 1
  • verb without object reciprocative to make a return, as for something given. 1
  • verb without object reciprocative to make interchange. 1
  • verb without object reciprocative to be correspondent. 1
See all 7 definitions of reciprocative

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Origin of reciprocative

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15; < Latin reciprocātus past participle of reciprocāre to move back and forth. See reciprocal, -ate1

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Parts of speech for Reciprocative

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Reciprocative

reciprocative popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

reciprocative usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for reciprocative

adj reciprocative

  • co-ordinate — If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
  • commutable — (of a punishment) capable of being reduced in severity
  • fungible — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
  • give and take — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • inter-convertible — to subject to interconversion; interchange.

adjective reciprocative

  • interchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of interchange.
  • workalike — (computing) A computer capable of running software designed for another.
All 10 Synonyms of reciprocative

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