mutual


Also found in:Thesaurus,Medical,Legal,Financial,Acronyms,Idioms,Wikipedia.
Related to mutual:mutual transfer,Mutual funds

mu·tu·al

 (myo͞o′cho͞o-əl)
adj.
1.
a. Directed and received by each toward the other; reciprocal:mutual respect.
b. Having the same relationship to each other:"They were cognitive companions, mutual brain-pickers"(Cynthia Ozick).
c. Possessed in common:mutual interests.
2. Of, relating to, or in the form of mutual insurance.
n.
A mutual fund.

[Frenchmutuel, from Old French, from Latinmūtuus,borrowed; seemei- inIndo-European roots.]

mu′tu·al′i·ty(-ăl′ĭ-tē) n.
mu′tu·al·ly adv.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

mutual

(ˈmjuːtʃʊəl)
adj
1.experienced or expressed by each of two or more people or groups about the other; reciprocal:mutual distrust.
2.common to or shared by both or all of two or more parties:a mutual friend;mutual interests.
3. (Insurance) denoting an insurance company, etc, in which the policyholders share the profits and expenses and there are no shareholders
[C15: from Old Frenchmutuel, from Latinmūtuus reciprocal (originally: borrowed); related tomūtāre to change]
mutuality,ˈmutualnessn
ˈmutuallyadv
Usage: The use ofmutual to meancommon to or shared by two or more parties was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable. Tautologous use ofmutual should be avoided:cooperation (notmutual cooperation)between the two countries
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mu•tu•al

(ˈmyu tʃu əl)

adj.
1. possessed, experienced, performed, etc., by each of two or more with respect to the other; reciprocal: mutual respect.
2. having the same relation each toward the other: mutual enemies.
3. held in common; shared: mutual interests.
4. pertaining to a form of corporate organization without stockholders, in which members proportionately share profits and losses, expenses, etc.
[1470–80; < Middle Frenchmutuel < Latinmūtu(us) mutual, reciprocal (mūt(āre) to change (seemutate) +-uus deverbal adj. suffix) + Middle French-el (< Latin-ālis)-al1]
mu`tu•al′i•ty (-ˈæl ɪ ti)n.
mu′tu•al•ly,adv.
usage:The earliest (15th century) meaning ofmutual is “reciprocal”:Teachers and students sometimes suffer from mutual misunderstanding.By the 16th centurymutual had developed the additional sense “held in common, shared”:Their mutual objective is peace.This use is occasionally criticized, on the grounds that the later sense development was somehow wrong.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.mutual - common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"
shared - have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately"
2.mutual - concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return; "reciprocal aid"; "reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal privileges at other clubs"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

mutual

adjectiveshared,common,joint,interactive,returned,communal,reciprocal,interchangeable,reciprocated,correlative,requitedThe East and West can work together for mutual benefit.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

mutual

adjective
1.Having the same relationship each to the other:
2.Belonging to, shared by, or applicable to all alike:
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
vzájemnýspolečný
gensidigfælles
molemminpuolinenvastavuoroinenyhteinenkeskinäinen
uzajaman
kölcsönösközös
gagnkvæmursameiginlegur
相互の
서로의
abipusisabipusiškaisavitarpio
abpusējskopējssavstarpējs
vzájomný
medsebojenskupenvzajemen
ömsesidig
ซึ่งมีส่วนร่วมกัน
lẫn nhau

mutual

[ˈmjuːtjʊəl]
A.ADJ
1. (=reciprocal) [affection, help] →mutuo
the feeling is mutualelsentimiento esmutuo
they had a mutual understanding not to bring up the subjecttenían elmutuoacuerdo de nosacar eltema
2. (=common) [friend, cousin] →común
they had a mutual interest in rugbytenían uninteréscomúnorcompartían suinterés por elrugby
it is to our mutual benefitor advantageesbeneficioso para ambos
by mutual consentdemutuoorcomúnacuerdo
B.CPDmutual benefit societyNmutualidadf,mutuaf,mutualf (Chile, Peru, Bol)
mutual fundN (US) →fondom deinversiónmobiliaria
mutual insuranceNsegurommutuo
mutual savings bankNcajafmutua deahorros
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mutual

[ˈmjuːtʃʊəl]adj
(=common) [benefit, interest] →commun(e)
a mutual friend →unamicommun
(=reciprocal) [respect, understanding, support] →mutuel(le),réciproque
the feeling is mutual →c'estréciproquemutual fundn(US)sociétéf d'investissement (de type SICAV)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mutual

adj(= reciprocal)trust, respect, affection etcgegenseitig;(= bilateral)troop withdrawals, efforts, détente, satisfactionbeiderseitig;(= shared, in common)interest, friends, dislikes etcgemeinsam;the divorce was bymutual consentsie haben sich imgegenseitigenEinvernehmenscheiden lassen;it would be for ourmutual benefites wäre für uns beide vonVorteilor zu unser beiderNutzen(form);the feeling ismutualdasberuht (ganz) aufGegenseitigkeit;I hate you! — the feeling ismutualichhasse dich! —ganzmeinerseits(inf)

mutual

:
mutual fund
n (US Fin) →MutualFundm, →offenerInvestmentfonds
mutual insurance
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mutual

[ˈmjuːtjʊəl]adj (affection, suspicion) →reciproco/a; (interests) →mutuo/a, reciproco/a,comune; (friend, cousin) →comune
to our mutual satisfaction →inmodo dasoddisfare entrambi, conreciprocasoddisfazione
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mutual

(ˈmjuːtʃuəl) adjective
1. givenetc by each of two or more to the other(s).mutual help;Their dislike was mutual. dieselfde vir mekaar مُتَبادَل взаимен mútuo vzájemnýgegenseitig gensidigαμοιβαίοςmutuo vastastikune دو طرفه molemminpuolinenmutuelהדדי पारस्परिक uzajaman kölcsönös saling memberi gagnkvæmurreciproco 相互の 상호간의, 서로의 abipusis, savitarpio abpusējs; savstarpējs perasaan saling wederzijdsgjensidigwzajemny دو ‌طرفهmútuo reciproc, mutual взаимный, обоюдный vzájomný vzajemen uzajamni ömsesidig ซึ่งกันและกันkarşılıklı 相互的 взаємний, обопільний باہمی qua lại相互的
2. common to, or shared by, two or more.a mutual friend. gesamentlikeمُشْتَرَك общ mútuo společnýgemeinsam fællesκοινόςmutuo ühine متقابل yhteinenmutuelהדדי zajednički közös bersama sameiginlegurcomune 共通の (둘 이상의 사이에서) 공통의 bendras kopējs bersama gemeenschappelijkfelleswspólny متقابلmútuo comunобщий spoločný skupen zajednički gemensam ซึ่งสัมพันธ์กันortak 共有的 спільний مشترک lẫn nhau共有的
ˈmutually adverb
gesamentlik بِصورَةٍ مُتَبادَلَه ، بصورةٍ مُشْتَرَكَه взаимно mutuamente vzájemněgegenseitig gensidigtαμοιβαίαmutuamente omavahel, vastastikku متقابلا yhteisestimutuellementהדדית सहोपकारिता uzajamno kölcsönösen satu sama lain á gagnkvæman hátt; sameiginlegareciprocamente 相互に 상호간에 bendrai, abipusiškai abpusēji; savstarpēji secara bersama wederzijdsgjensidig,innbyrdeswspólnie,wzajemnie متقابلاً mutuamente reciproc, mutual взаимно vzájomne vzajemno uzajamno ömsesidigt ร่วมกัน karşılıklı olarak 相互地,共有地 взаємно; обопільно باہمی طور پر một cách lẫn nhau相互地
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

mutual

مُتَبَادِلٌ vzájemný gensidiggegenseitigαμοιβαίοςmutuo molemminpuolinenmutuel uzajamanreciproco 相互の 서로의wederzijdsgjensidigwzajemnymútuoвзаимный ömsesidig ซึ่งมีส่วนร่วมกันkarşılıklı lẫn nhau相互的
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009


Want to thank TFD for its existence?
Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visitthe webmaster's page for free fun content.

Link to this page:

Flashcards & Bookmarks?
Pleaselog in orregister to use Flashcards and Bookmarks. You can also log in with
Flashcards?
My bookmarks?
References in classic literature?
In considering the Origin of Species, it is quite conceivable that a naturalist, reflecting on themutual affinities of organic beings, on their embryological relations, their geographical distribution, geological succession, and other such facts, might come to the conclusion that each species had not been independently created, but had descended, like varieties, from other species.
Into the manhood of the race: for I, for my own part cannot think that these latter days of weak experiment, fragmentary theory, andmutual discord are indeed man's culminating time!
The job had been to make a punitive expedition to a neighbouring island, and, incidentally, to recover the heads of somemutual friends of ours--a white-trader, his white wife and children, and his white clerk.
"--May be reduced to the following: adultery of one of the married parties, and the detection in the fact of the guilty party bymutual agreement, and failing such agreement, accidental detection.
Unable to detect a weak point in this scheme ofmutual advantage, the financier gave the promoter in disguise an order for the money, and wrote a note to his wife directing her to count out the girl.
The barons, or nobles, equally the enemies of the sovereign and the oppressors of the common people, were dreaded and detested by both; tillmutual danger andmutual interest effected a union between them fatal to the power of the aristocracy.
Notwithstanding their true interest with respect to the continental nations was really the same, yet by the arts and policy and practices of those nations, theirmutual jealousies were perpetually kept inflamed, and for a long series of years they were far more inconvenient and troublesome than they were useful and assisting to each other.
It is also from natural causes that some beings command and others obey, that each may obtain theirmutual safety; for a being who is endowed with a mind capable of reflection and forethought is by nature the superior and governor, whereas he whose excellence is merely corporeal is formect to be a slave; whence it follows that the different state of master [1252b] and slave is equally advantageous to both.
Hetty's shriek mingled with the sound, and they clasped each other inmutual horror.
We flew into each others arms and after having exchanged vows ofmutual Freindship for the rest of our Lives, instantly unfolded to each other the most inward secrets of our Hearts--.
In the spiritual world, the old physician and the minister --mutual victims as they have been -- may, unawares, have found their earthly stock of hatred and antipathy transmuted into golden love.
Hearken not to the unnatural voice which tells you that the people of America, knit together as they are by so many cords of affection, can no longer live together as members of the same family; can no longer continue themutual guardians of theirmutual happiness; can no longer be fellow citizens of one great, respectable, and flourishing empire.

Full browser?
Open / Close