--- title: R — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 12 description: The 1025 words of the English dictionary under R, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / R # R — The English dictionary · page 12 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* To recall means to remember something from the past.[↗](../../recall/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To recall someone means to order them to come back («The ambassador was recalled»).[↗](../../recall/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A recall is when a company asks people to return a product because it is faulty or unsafe.[↗](../../recall/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Recall is the ability to remember («good recall»).[↗](../../recall/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To recall someone can also mean to bring them back to life.[↗](../../recall/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can you recall the name of your first teacher?[↗](../../recall/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Recall your times tables as fast as you can.[↗](../../recall/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I don't recall seeing him at school today.[↗](../../recall/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The company recalled the toy because small parts could break off.[↗](../../recall/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a recall on the peanut butter.[↗](../../recall/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · As far as I can recall, the shop opens at nine.[↗](../../recall/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The story's hero suddenly recalled the secret password.[↗](../../recall/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He has amazing recall for football scores.[↗](../../recall/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Helios, overcome with grief, endeavoured, by every means in his power, to recall her to life.[↗](../../recall/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.[↗](../../recall/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../recall/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **recapitulation** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A short summary that repeats the main points of something.[↗](../../recapitulation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **recapture** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To catch again a person or animal that escaped: «The zookeepers recaptured the lion.».[↗](../../recapture/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To take back a place that an enemy had taken: «The army recaptured the town.».[↗](../../recapture/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To bring back a feeling or memory, or to show it again: «The film recaptures the magic of childhood.».[↗](../../recapture/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) The act of catching or taking something again.[↗](../../recapture/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The escaped parrot was recaptured in the park.[↗](../../recapture/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The army recaptured the fort after a long siege.[↗](../../recapture/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Police recaptured the prisoner the next day.[↗](../../recapture/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We went back to the beach to recapture that summer feeling.[↗](../../recapture/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The team recaptured the lead in the last minute.[↗](../../recapture/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ukraine recaptured many towns that had been occupied.[↗](../../recapture/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **recede** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To move back or away; to go down from a high level: the floodwater receded.[↗](../../recede/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To become smaller, weaker or less clear: the pain receded.[↗](../../recede/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Of hair: to stop growing at the front of the head (a receding hairline).[↗](../../recede/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The floodwater slowly receded.[↗](../../recede/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tide recedes twice a day.[↗](../../recede/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The glacier has receded a long way up the valley.[↗](../../recede/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His footsteps receded down the corridor.[↗](../../recede/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pain receded after the medicine.[↗](../../recede/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad has a receding hairline.[↗](../../recede/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our last glimpse of her shows her at the window, watching them receding into the sky until they were as small as stars.[↗](../../recede/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **receipt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A piece of paper (or email) from a shop that shows what you bought, how much you paid and when, used as proof.[↗](../../receipt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The act of receiving something (on receipt of your letter — formal).[↗](../../receipt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Receipts (plural): money received by a business.[↗](../../receipt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Receipt is an old word for a recipe, the list of ingredients and steps for making a food.[↗](../../receipt/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can I have a receipt, please?[↗](../../receipt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the receipt in case the toy breaks.[↗](../../receipt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The receipt shows we spent £12.40 in total.[↗](../../receipt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the receipt to see how much change you should get.[↗](../../receipt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You can't return the shoes without the receipt.[↗](../../receipt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Add up all the items on the receipt to check the total.[↗](../../receipt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **receive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To receive is to get something that someone gives or sends you.[↗](../../receive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To receive people is to welcome them as guests.[↗](../../receive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To receive a signal or a call is to pick it up, like a radio.[↗](../../receive/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Max receives 1 marble from Zoe.[↗](../../receive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Anna received 6 letters this week.[↗](../../receive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each child receives 3 stickers.[↗](../../receive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Did you receive my email?[↗](../../receive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She received a prize for her poem.[↗](../../receive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The radio cannot receive a signal in the tunnel.[↗](../../receive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We received a warm welcome from our hosts.[↗](../../receive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It is kind to say thank you when you receive a gift.[↗](../../receive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "I haven't received the money yet.[↗](../../receive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sun-rising.'[↗](../../receive/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.34.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../receive/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.[↗](../../receive/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.4.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../receive/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, He loveth the peoples, all His holy ones — they are in Thy hand; and they sit down at Thy feet, receiving of Thy words.[↗](../../receive/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../receive/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Why did the knees receive me?[↗](../../receive/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.3.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../receive/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.[↗](../../receive/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.12.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../receive/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity; (Writings PRO.1.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../receive/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **receivedst** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «receivedst» means «you received», a form of «receive».[↗](../../receivedst/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To receive is to get something that someone gives or sends you.[↗](../../receivedst/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In Paradise, when thou wert born in the first rose, beneath the Tree of Knowledge, thou receivedst a kiss, and thy right name was given thee--thy name, Poetry.[↗](../../receivedst/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) **receiver** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A receiver is the part of a phone you hold to your ear and speak into.[↗](../../receiver/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A receiver is a device that picks up radio or TV signals.[↗](../../receiver/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (sport) A receiver is a player who catches or receives the ball, such as in American football or tennis.[↗](../../receiver/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (law, money) A receiver is a person put in charge of a company that cannot pay its debts.[↗](../../receiver/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She picked up the receiver and said hello.[↗](../../receiver/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The radio receiver picked up a signal.[↗](../../receiver/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The receiver caught the ball.[↗](../../receiver/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A satellite dish is a kind of receiver.[↗](../../receiver/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the receiver back after the call.[↗](../../receiver/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In tennis, the receiver returns the serve.[↗](../../receiver/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **recent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Happening or made not long ago: a recent photo, recent rain.[↗](../../recent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «The most recent» means the newest or latest one.[↗](../../recent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This is a recent photo of my dog.[↗](../../recent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Recent rain has made the river high.[↗](../../recent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her most recent score was 92.[↗](../../recent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In recent weeks, the days have got colder.[↗](../../recent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Recent studies show children need more sleep.[↗](../../recent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The town has grown in recent times.[↗](../../recent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Is this a recent drawing?[↗](../../recent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our most recent trip was to the coast.[↗](../../recent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The war in 1490 was spoken of as quite recent.[↗](../../recent/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Miller calls attention to the recent change of view in reference to several im- portant qnestions in the history of elementary mathematics.[↗](../../recent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../recent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **recently** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Recently means a short time ago, or in the period not long before now.[↗](../../recently/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We recently moved to a new house.[↗](../../recently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Have you seen Tom recently?[↗](../../recently/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I've been reading a lot recently.[↗](../../recently/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Until recently, there was a shop on that corner.[↗](../../recently/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby has only recently learned to walk.[↗](../../recently/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The playground was recently painted.[↗](../../recently/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · UNCLE Remus met a police officer recently.[↗](../../recently/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Quite recently, and since the completion of my translation, my attention has been drawn to a version by Isidor Kalisch, in which he has reproduced many of the valuable annotations of Meyer.[↗](../../recently/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../recently/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **receptacle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A container that holds things, such as a bin, box or bowl.[↗](../../receptacle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (USA, technical) An electrical socket.[↗](../../receptacle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) The part of a flower stalk that the flower grows from.[↗](../../receptacle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please put your rubbish in the receptacle.[↗](../../receptacle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each receptacle holds 4 litres of water.[↗](../../receptacle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pour the sand into a clean receptacle.[↗](../../receptacle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plug the lamp into the receptacle on the wall.[↗](../../receptacle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The receptacle of the flower holds the petals.[↗](../../receptacle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Recycling receptacles are by the door.[↗](../../receptacle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **reception** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Reception is the desk or area at the entrance of a hotel, office, school or hospital where visitors are welcomed.[↗](../../reception/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A reception is a formal party to welcome or celebrate, such as after a wedding.[↗](../../reception/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Reception is how people react to something.[↗](../../reception/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Reception is how well a radio, TV or phone receives signals.[↗](../../reception/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In England and Wales, Reception is the first class of primary school, for four- and five-year-olds.[↗](../../reception/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Reception can also mean the act of welcoming someone when they arrive.[↗](../../reception/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please sign in at reception.[↗](../../reception/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother is in Reception.[↗](../../reception/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wedding reception was in a big hall.[↗](../../reception/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There's no phone reception in the mountains.[↗](../../reception/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The new book got a warm reception.[↗](../../reception/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask at reception if you're lost in the hotel.[↗](../../reception/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The receptionist at reception answered the phone.[↗](../../reception/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She and her whole household therefore busied themselves in preparing everything for the reception of her lord.[↗](../../reception/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **receptionist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who works at the front desk of an office, hotel, school or doctor's surgery, greeting people, answering the phone and making appointments.[↗](../../receptionist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The receptionist gave us our room key.[↗](../../receptionist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask the receptionist for an appointment.[↗](../../receptionist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school receptionist signed in my mum.[↗](../../receptionist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She works as a receptionist at the dentist's.[↗](../../receptionist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The receptionist answered the phone with a smile.[↗](../../receptionist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Visitors must speak to the receptionist first.[↗](../../receptionist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **receptor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A part of the body, such as a nerve ending or a cell in the eye, nose or skin, that picks up a signal like light, smell, heat or touch and sends a message to the brain.[↗](../../receptor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tiny place on a cell where a particular chemical (like a hormone or a medicine) fits, like a key in a lock.[↗](../../receptor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your tongue has thousands of taste receptors.[↗](../../receptor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Receptors in your skin feel heat and cold.[↗](../../receptor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Light receptors in your eyes are called rods and cones.[↗](../../receptor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dogs have many more smell receptors than people.[↗](../../receptor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The medicine fits into receptors like a key in a lock.[↗](../../receptor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pain receptors warn you when you touch something hot.[↗](../../receptor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **recess** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In the USA, Canada and Australia, the break between lessons when children play outside; in the UK it is called "break" or "playtime".[↗](../../recess/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A time when a parliament, court or other group stops working for a while.[↗](../../recess/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A small space set back into a wall, like an alcove.[↗](../../recess/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We play tag at recess.[↗](../../recess/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Recess is twenty minutes long.[↗](../../recess/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It rained, so we had indoor recess.[↗](../../recess/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your snack in your bag for recess.[↗](../../recess/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bookshelf fits into the recess by the fireplace.[↗](../../recess/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Parliament is in recess for the summer.[↗](../../recess/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is on recess duty today?[↗](../../recess/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But there was one recess in the wall, no larger than a bird-cage, which was the private apartment of Tinker Bell.[↗](../../recess/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?[↗](../../recess/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../recess/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **recession** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A time when a country's businesses do badly, many people lose jobs and spending falls.[↗](../../recession/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) The act of moving back or away, like a tide or a glacier going back.[↗](../../recession/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many people lost their jobs in the recession.[↗](../../recession/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad's shop struggled during the recession.[↗](../../recession/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The country slowly came out of recession.[↗](../../recession/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Prices stayed the same during the recession.[↗](../../recession/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists measured the recession of the glacier.[↗](../../recession/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · People saved more money because of the recession.[↗](../../recession/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **recharge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To recharge a battery or device means to fill it with electricity again.[↗](../../recharge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To recharge (yourself) means to rest and get your energy back.[↗](../../recharge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I need to recharge my tablet.[↗](../../recharge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This battery takes two hours to recharge.[↗](../../recharge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After a busy week, we went to the beach to recharge.[↗](../../recharge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plug in the robot to recharge it.[↗](../../recharge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some batteries can be recharged and some cannot.[↗](../../recharge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A good sleep helps your body recharge.[↗](../../recharge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **rechargeable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Able to be filled up with electricity again after it runs out, so it can be used many times: a rechargeable battery.[↗](../../rechargeable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My game controller uses rechargeable batteries.[↗](../../rechargeable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A rechargeable battery can be used hundreds of times.[↗](../../rechargeable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Plug in the rechargeable torch overnight.[↗](../../rechargeable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rechargeable batteries make less rubbish than normal ones.[↗](../../rechargeable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never try to recharge a battery that is not rechargeable.[↗](../../rechargeable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Electric cars have huge rechargeable batteries.[↗](../../rechargeable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **recipe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A recipe tells you what you need (the ingredients) and what to do (the method) to cook or bake something.[↗](../../recipe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A recipe for something is a way that leads to it: «a recipe for success», «a recipe for disaster».[↗](../../recipe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A recipe needs 2 cups of flour for 12 cookies.[↗](../../recipe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She makes the recipe 3 times.[↗](../../recipe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The recipe uses 3/4 cup of sugar.[↗](../../recipe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How much flour for half the recipe?[↗](../../recipe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's secret recipe for apple pie is in a little book.[↗](../../recipe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the whole recipe before you start.[↗](../../recipe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This recipe makes 8 pancakes.[↗](../../recipe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaving your bike outside unlocked is a recipe for trouble.[↗](../../recipe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **recipient** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who receives something, such as a letter, a gift, a prize or a message.[↗](../../recipient/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (medicine) A person who receives blood or an organ from someone else.[↗](../../recipient/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write the recipient's address on the envelope.[↗](../../recipient/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was the recipient of the bravery award.[↗](../../recipient/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each recipient got three sweets.[↗](../../recipient/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The email had two recipients.[↗](../../recipient/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The money was shared among 5 recipients.[↗](../../recipient/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The heart recipient is doing well after the operation.[↗](../../recipient/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the recipient's name before you press send.[↗](../../recipient/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **reciprocal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Reciprocal means given and received in return; done by both people or sides for each other.[↗](../../reciprocal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a reciprocal friendship".[↗](../../reciprocal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths) The reciprocal of a number is 1 divided by that number; a number times its reciprocal equals 1.[↗](../../reciprocal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The reciprocal of 4 is 1/4.[↗](../../reciprocal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2.[↗](../../reciprocal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · To divide by 1/2, multiply by its reciprocal, 2.[↗](../../reciprocal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our schools have a reciprocal visit: we go to them, then they come to us.[↗](../../reciprocal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Friendship should be reciprocal; both people care.[↗](../../reciprocal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 × 1/5 = 1, so 1/5 is the reciprocal of 5.[↗](../../reciprocal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The two countries have a reciprocal agreement on health care.[↗](../../reciprocal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) … [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/11/) **12** [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/13/) … [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/55/) - ← previous: [page 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/11/) - next →: [page 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/13/) - ↑ back to [The English 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