mutual
nounEtymology Borrowed from Middle French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus. Displaced native Old English ġemǣne.
1
A mutual fund.
3
Internet Either of a pair of people who follow each other's social media accounts.
mutual
adjUK /ˈmjuːt͡ʃuəl/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus. Displaced native Old English ġemǣne.
1
Having the same relationship, each to each other.
- They were mutual enemies.
2
Collective, done or held in common.
- Mutual insurance.
3
Reciprocal.
- They had mutual fear of each other.
4
Possessed in common.
- They had been introduced by a mutual friend.
- On his area the pursuer built a dwelling-house, of which the gable and garden-wall were mutual with his neighbour Smith […]1809, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), Decisions of the Court of Sessions, from 1752 to 1808, page 216:
- Synonyms
- shared, reciprocative
- Derived terms
28 terms
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