| VERB | social | reciprocate | act, feel, or give mutually or in return |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | reciprocate | alternate the direction of motion of |
| Sounds | rihsih'prahkey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Act, feel, or give mutually or in return. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!" | |
| Narrower | return | Return in kind |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Spanish | corresponder | |
| Catalan | correspondre | |
| Adjectives | reciprocative | moving alternately backward and forward |
| reciprocative, reciprocatory | given or done or owed to each other | |
| Nouns | reciprocation | the act of making or doing something in return |
| reciprocation | mutual interaction | |
| Meaning | Alternate the direction of motion of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "the engine reciprocates the propeller" | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Adjectives | reciprocative, reciprocatory | moving alternately backward and forward |
| Nouns | reciprocation | alternating back-and-forth movement |
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