mutual

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈmjuːtʃuːəl/ UK /ˈmjuːt͡ʃuəl/ See IPA manual

adj noun Freq #5734

Meanings

1

adj
Felt or done by each of two or more people towards the other; reciprocal.

The two leaders treated each other with mutual respect.
2

adj
Shared by two or more people.

We were introduced by a mutual friend.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · felt or done by each of two... reciprocal

2 adj · shared by two or more people. common shared

More jointreciprocative

Word family

Derived forms automutualintermutualmutualisationmutualistmutualisticmutualitymutualizationmutualizemutuallymutualnessnonmutualtransmutual

Common collocations

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus. Displaced native Old English ġemǣne.

*mey- (change) Proto-Indo-European mutuel Middle French mūtuus Latin

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Topics

People & Society

# mutual

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** ˈmjuːtʃuːəl
**IPA (UK):** ˈmjuːt͡ʃuəl
**Frequency rank:** 5734

## Meanings
1. Felt or done by each of two or more people towards the other; reciprocal.
2. Shared by two or more people.

## Examples
- The two leaders treated each other with mutual respect.
- We were introduced by a mutual friend.

## Synonyms
- joint
- reciprocal
- reciprocative

## Derived Forms
- automutual
- intermutual
- mutualisation
- mutualist
- mutualistic
- mutuality
- mutualization
- mutualize
- mutually
- mutualness
- nonmutual
- transmutual

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *mey- (change)
- Root: mutuel
- Root: mūtuus

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus. Displaced native Old English ġemǣne.

## AI Etymology
Mutual was borrowed from Middle French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus. Displaced native Old English ġemǣne. In present-day English its meanings include felt or done by each of two or more people towards the other; reciprocal and shared by two or more people. The historical chain runs through *mey- (change) (Proto-Indo-European), mutuel (Middle French), and mūtuus (Latin). Related and derived forms include automutual, intermutual, and mutualisation.

## Topics
- People & Society

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