mutual

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective common to or shared by two or more parties
adjective concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return

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

Yes, and the desire is mutual. — Four Arthurian Romances, de Troyes, active 12th century Chrétien
There was an instant of mutual inspection. — The Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Childers
Keeping it down--Mutual explanations--The true comforter--Death--New-Year's day. — The World of Ice, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

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