how to pronounce reciprocal

/ɹɪˈsɪp.ɹə.kəl/

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reciprocal is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of reciprocal in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… this reciprocal mentoring of skills …”

meanings of reciprocal

adjective:

Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
Done, given, felt, or owed in return.
Mutually interchangeable.
Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.
Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive.

noun:

The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.
A construction expressing mutual action.

reciprocal frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word reciprocal occurs in english on average 5.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics reciprocal can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that reciprocal can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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