reciprocate (verb)
1reciprocate — ► VERB ▪ respond to (a gesture, action, or emotion) with a corresponding one. DERIVATIVES reciprocation noun …
2reciprocate — verb ( cated; cating) Date: 1607 transitive verb 1. to give and take mutually 2. to return in kind or degree < reciprocate a compliment gracefully > intransitive verb 1. to make a return for something < we hope to reciprocate for your …
3reciprocate — I verb act interchangeably, alternate, cooperate, exchange, follow successively, give and take, give in return, inter se dare, interchange, pay back, perform by turns, perform responsively, recompense, refund, reimburse, repay, requite, respond,… …
4reciprocate — verb Reciprocate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑feeling, ↑love …
5reciprocate — verb 1 (I, T) to do or give something, because something similar has been done or given to you: I cannot accept his generosity I am not in a position to reciprocate. 2 (T) to feel the same about someone as they feel about you: Kara had fallen in… …
6reciprocate — verb 1) I was happy to reciprocate Syn: do the same (in return), respond in kind, return the favor 2) love that was not reciprocated Syn: requite, return, give back; match, equal …
7reciprocate — verb /ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt/ a) To mutually give and take something; to interchange. b) To give something in response …
8reciprocate — UK [rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt] / US [rɪˈsɪprəˌkeɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms reciprocate : present tense I/you/we/they reciprocate he/she/it reciprocates present participle reciprocating past tense reciprocated past participle reciprocated… …
9reciprocate — [c]/rəˈsɪprəkeɪt / (say ruh sipruhkayt) verb (reciprocated, reciprocating) –verb (t) 1. to give, feel, etc., in return. 2. to give and receive reciprocally; interchange: to reciprocate favours. 3. to cause to move alternately backwards and… …
10reciprocate — re|cip|ro|cate [ rı sıprə,keıt ] verb intransitive or transitive FORMAL to have the same feelings toward someone that they have for you: She has feelings for him that he can t reciprocate. a. to do the same thing for someone that they have done… …