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How to pronounce “reciprocate”
Hear “reciprocate” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for reciprocate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of reciprocate with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Why Work Won’t Love You Back (and That’s OK) (w/ Sarah Jaffe)
>> So the only way that I could reciprocate
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce reciprocate
Why Work Won’t Love You Back (and That’s OK) (w/ Sarah Jaffe)

>> So the only way that I could reciprocate
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “reciprocate”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
- (transitive) To give something else in response (where the "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a reciprocal gift.
- (intransitive) To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.
- (intransitive) To counter, retort or retaliate.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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