reciprocate
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re·cip·ro·cate
(rĭ-sĭp′rə-kāt′)v. re·cip·ro·cat·ed, re·cip·ro·cat·ing, re·cip·ro·cates
v.tr.
1. To give or take mutually; interchange: The friends reciprocated favors.
2. To show, feel, or give in response or return: They opened their hearts to her, and she reciprocated their affection.
v.intr.
1. To give and take something mutually.
2. To make a return for something given or done.
3. To move back and forth alternately: a power saw that reciprocates.
[Latin reciprocāre, reciprocāt-, to move back and forth, from reciprocus, alternating; see reciprocal.]
re·cip′ro·ca′tive adj.
re·cip′ro·ca′tor n.
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reciprocate
(rɪˈsɪprəˌkeɪt)vb
1. to give or feel in return
2. to move or cause to move backwards and forwards
3. (intr) to be correspondent or equivalent
[C17: from Latin reciprocāre, from reciprocus reciprocal]
reˌciproˈcation n
reˈciprocative, reˈciproˌcatory adj
reˈciproˌcator n
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re•cip•ro•cate
(rɪˈsɪp rəˌkeɪt)v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v.t.
1. to give, feel, etc., in return.
2. to give and receive reciprocally; interchange: to reciprocate favors.
3. to cause to move alternately backward and forward.
v.i. 4. to make a return, as for something given.
5. to make interchange.
6. to be correspondent.
7. to move alternately backward and forward.
[1605–15; < Latin reciprocātus, past participle of reciprocāre to move back and forth, derivative of reciprocus. See reciprocal, -ate1]
re•cip`ro•ca′tion, n.
re•cip′ro•ca`tive, adj.
re•cip′ro•ca`tor, n.
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reciprocate
Past participle: reciprocated
Gerund: reciprocating
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| Verb | 1. | reciprocate - act, feel, or give mutually or in return; "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!" return - return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love" |
| 2. | reciprocate - alternate the direction of motion of; "the engine reciprocates the propeller" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
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reciprocate
verb return, requite, feel in return, match, respond, equal, return the compliment Their attraction to each other as friends is reciprocated.
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reciprocate
verb2. To return like for like, especially to return an unfriendly or hostile action with a similar one:
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Translations
reciprocate
[rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt]A. VT [+ good wishes] → intercambiar, devolver
and this feeling is reciprocated → y compartimos este sentimiento
her kindness was not reciprocated → su amabilidad no fue correspondida
and this feeling is reciprocated → y compartimos este sentimiento
her kindness was not reciprocated → su amabilidad no fue correspondida
B. VI
1. (gen) → corresponder
but they did not reciprocate → pero ellos no correspondieron a esto
he reciprocated with a short speech → pronunció un breve discurso a modo de contestación
but they did not reciprocate → pero ellos no correspondieron a esto
he reciprocated with a short speech → pronunció un breve discurso a modo de contestación
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
reciprocate
[rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt] vt [+ gesture] → retourner; [+ affection, feelings] → partager; [+ smile] → rendre
His feelings were not reciprocated → Ses sentiments n'étaient pas partagés.
His feelings were not reciprocated → Ses sentiments n'étaient pas partagés.
vi → en faire autant
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
reciprocate
vt
smiles, wishes → erwidern; help, kindness → erwidern, sich revanchieren für
(Tech) → hin- und herbewegen; piston → auf- und abbewegen
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