mutual
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2.8
- adjective
- /ˈmjuːtʃuəl/
:
mutuo
- I have great hopes for a mutual cooperation.
- mutual respect
- mutual interests
- mutual understanding
You're not getting the mutual respect.
- You're not getting the mutual respect.
- So there was mutual understanding and mutual learning in some ways too.
- So this is part of their mutual delusion.
- Economic interdependence is a recipe for peace and mutual prosperity, right?
- It it is to people who have the mutual desire to see it work.
- Healthy relationships are about balance and respect and mutual regard and compassion.
- none is stronger than our mutual abhorrence of war.
- Has it been a mutual effort or one sided pursuit?
- And absolutely there's a mutual exchange of nourishment going on.
- So it's a mutually, it's a, it's a mutual process where you both grow and learn.
- And there was a mutual respect and admiration.
- And sometimes that kind of ends with like, you know, mutual respect in a friendly way.
- And he, the mutual friend says that he wants to meet me.
- And so, yeah, it's, it's a mutual sort of cycle symbiosis.
Examples
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Healthy relationships are about balance and respect and mutual regard and compassion.
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The United States and Taiwan signed the Mutual Defense Treaty on 8 December 1954.
Academic text (1999) -
So there was mutual understanding and mutual learning in some ways too.
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I think it's kind of a a mutual relationship.
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And it's in their mutual best interests not to do that.
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We have a mutual friend.
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What is relevant is the love, mutual respect, care, and commitment between the participants.
Academic text (2011) -
I think you and I have matters of mutual self-interest to discuss.
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Economic interdependence is a recipe for peace and mutual prosperity, right?
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They both felt a sense of mutual respect after resolving their differences.
Synonyms
571
3.5
Shared by two or more groups
15
6.7
Done by two people or groups in return for each other
1
1.0
Used, held, or felt by more than one group of people
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8.6
Agreed on and understood by two or more people
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
82
3.5
A way to invest money where many people put money together and experts buy many investments
- Specialized
2
4.9
A business that manages money from many people and sells shares so they can invest
- Jargon
1
3.9
Voluntary help neighbors and other people give each other, often during crises
- Specialized
A number showing how much a changing current in one coil makes a voltage in another coil
- Slang
A shared interest in nerdy things like comics or video games between people
A situation where two things cannot both happen or be true at the same time
- Specialized
A measure of how much one circuit causes a voltage in another nearby circuit when current changes
- Specialized
A change in current in one circuit causes a current in a nearby circuit
How Reciprocal
Surface Forms
Morphology
mutual = mutu + al
The adjective is formed from a Latin combining form plus the suffix '-al'; the root is not a productive or recognizable English base for B1 learners, so the meaning cannot be derived from familiar English components.
Etymology
Mutual comes from the Latin word mutuus, which meant 'borrowed' or 'given back'. That idea of give-and-take became 'shared by both sides', so mutual now means something two or more people experience or feel together.