"reciprocate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt/ Audio: en-us-reciprocate.ogg [US] Forms: reciprocates [present, singular, third-person], reciprocating [participle, present], reciprocated [participle, past], reciprocated [past]
Etymology: From Latin recīprocō (“to move back and forth”), possibly from a phrase such as reque proque (“back and forth”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”). Compare reciprocal. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|recīprocō||to move back and forth}} Latin recīprocō (“to move back and forth”), {{m|la|reque proque||back and forth}} reque proque (“back and forth”), {{m|la|re-||back}} re- (“back”), {{m|la|prō||forwards}} prō (“forwards”), {{m|la|-que||and}} -que (“and”), {{m|en|reciprocal}} reciprocal Head templates: {{en-verb}} reciprocate (third-person singular simple present reciprocates, present participle reciprocating, simple past and past participle reciprocated)
  1. (transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-reciprocate-en-verb-p7GFz0nD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 28 25 28 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 23 24 29
  2. (transitive) To give something else in response (where the "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a reciprocal gift. Tags: transitive Translations (to give something in response): تَبَادَلَ (tabādala) (Arabic), رَدَّ (radda) (Arabic), отплащам се (otplaštam se) (Bulgarian), 報答 (Chinese Mandarin), 报答 (bàodá) (Chinese Mandarin), opětovat [imperfective] (Czech), oplatit [perfective] (Czech), oplácet [imperfective] (Czech), beantwoorden (Dutch), vastata (Finnish), antaa vastalahja (Finnish), erwidern (German), viszonoz (Hungarian), recompensar (Portuguese), devolver (Portuguese), вернуться (vernutʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), возвращаться (vozvraščatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), воздавать (vozdavatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), воздать (vozdatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), возмещать (vozmeščatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), возместить (vozmestitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), recompensar (Spanish), återgälda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-reciprocate-en-verb-XARPhD6g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 28 25 28 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 23 24 29 Disambiguation of 'to give something in response': 4 91 1 4
  3. (intransitive) To move backwards and forwards, like a piston. Tags: intransitive Translations (to move backwards and forwards, like a piston): liikkua edestakaisin (Finnish), kiertää (Finnish), ide-oda/előre-hátra mozog/jár/leng (Hungarian), kōkeke (Maori)
    Sense id: en-reciprocate-en-verb-WbS-pWV3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 28 25 28 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 23 24 29 Disambiguation of 'to move backwards and forwards, like a piston': 1 1 97 1
  4. (intransitive) To counter, retort or retaliate. Tags: intransitive Translations (to counter, retort or retaliate): отвръщам (otvrǎštam) (Bulgarian), vastata (Finnish), erwidern (German)
    Sense id: en-reciprocate-en-verb-FasQXlVZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 28 25 28 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 23 24 29 Disambiguation of 'to counter, retort or retaliate': 1 1 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: give as good as one gets [idiomatic], reciprocate, respond in kind Hyponyms: counter, counterchange, exchange, interchange, retaliate Derived forms: reciprocating [adjective] Related terms: reciprocal, reciprocality, reciprocatory, reciprocity Translations (to mutually give and take something; to interchange): بَادَلَ (bādala) (Arabic), разменям (razmenjam) (Bulgarian), 報答 (Chinese Mandarin), 报答 (bàodá) (Chinese Mandarin), 往復 (Chinese Mandarin), 往复 (wǎngfù) (Chinese Mandarin), 回報 (Chinese Mandarin), 回报 (huíbào) (Chinese Mandarin), vaihtaa (Finnish), donner en retour (French), réciproquer (French), rendre la pareille (French), reciprocare (Italian), 返す (kaesu) (alt: かえす) (Japanese), 交換する (kōkan-suru) (alt: こうかんする) (Japanese), обмениваться (obmenivatʹsja) (Russian), отвеча́ть (otvečátʹ) (note: e.g. of love) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'to mutually give and take something; to interchange': 34 31 26 9

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "往復"
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      "roman": "wǎngfù",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "往复"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "回報"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huíbào",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "回报"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "vaihtaa"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "donner en retour"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "réciproquer"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "rendre la pareille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 31 26 9",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "reciprocare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 31 26 9",
      "alt": "かえす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaesu",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "返す"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 31 26 9",
      "alt": "こうかんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōkan-suru",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "交換する"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 31 26 9",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obmenivatʹsja",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "обмениваться"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 31 26 9",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "e.g. of love",
      "roman": "otvečátʹ",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "отвеча́ть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reciprocate"
}
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of German translations",
    "Requests for review of Russian translations"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:reciprocate",
      "word": "counter"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:reciprocate",
      "word": "counterchange"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:reciprocate",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:reciprocate",
      "word": "interchange"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:reciprocate",
      "word": "retaliate"
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        "To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing."
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        "(transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I gave them apples from my tree; they reciprocated with a pie and some apple jelly.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Con Man Games, SmashGames, quoting Nugget, Kindergarten 2, SmashGames",
          "text": "Nugget appreciates the generosity! Nugget will reciprocate with a Monstermon card!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To give something else in response (where the \"thing\" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a reciprocal gift."
      ],
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          "response",
          "response"
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        [
          "feeling",
          "feeling"
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        [
          "action",
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          "reciprocal",
          "reciprocal"
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        "(transitive) To give something else in response (where the \"thing\" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a reciprocal gift."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "A reciprocating engine.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move backwards and forwards, like a piston."
      ],
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          "backwards",
          "backwards"
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        [
          "forwards",
          "forwards"
        ],
        [
          "piston",
          "piston"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To move backwards and forwards, like a piston."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
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        "To counter, retort or retaliate."
      ],
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          "counter",
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          "retort"
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        [
          "retaliate",
          "retaliate"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To counter, retort or retaliate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
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      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-reciprocate.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/En-us-reciprocate.ogg",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:reciprocate",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "give as good as one gets"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:reciprocate",
      "word": "reciprocate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:reciprocate",
      "word": "respond in kind"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bādala",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "بَادَلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razmenjam",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "разменям"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "報答"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàodá",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "报答"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "往復"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǎngfù",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "往复"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "回報"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huíbào",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "回报"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "vaihtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "donner en retour"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "réciproquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "rendre la pareille"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "reciprocare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かえす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaesu",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "返す"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうかんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōkan-suru",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "交換する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obmenivatʹsja",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "обмениваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "e.g. of love",
      "roman": "otvečátʹ",
      "sense": "to mutually give and take something; to interchange",
      "word": "отвеча́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tabādala",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "word": "تَبَادَلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "radda",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "word": "رَدَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otplaštam se",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "word": "отплащам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "word": "報答"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàodá",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "word": "报答"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "opětovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "oplatit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oplácet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "word": "beantwoorden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "word": "vastata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "word": "antaa vastalahja"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "word": "erwidern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "word": "viszonoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "word": "recompensar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "word": "devolver"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vernutʹsja",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вернуться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozvraščatʹsja",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "возвращаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozdavatʹ",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "воздавать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozdatʹ",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "воздать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozmeščatʹ",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "возмещать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozmestitʹ",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "возместить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "word": "recompensar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to give something in response",
      "word": "återgälda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move backwards and forwards, like a piston",
      "word": "liikkua edestakaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move backwards and forwards, like a piston",
      "word": "kiertää"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move backwards and forwards, like a piston",
      "word": "ide-oda/előre-hátra mozog/jár/leng"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to move backwards and forwards, like a piston",
      "word": "kōkeke"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otvrǎštam",
      "sense": "to counter, retort or retaliate",
      "word": "отвръщам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to counter, retort or retaliate",
      "word": "vastata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to counter, retort or retaliate",
      "word": "erwidern"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reciprocate"
}

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