英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt/
• ハイフネーション: re‧ci‧pro‧cate

動詞

reciprocate (third-person singular simple present reciprocates, present participle reciprocating, simple past and past participle reciprocated)

1. (transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
   • 2025 April 3, Felix Salmon, “How to read the White House's tariff formula”, in Axios‎:

     The USTR isn't reciprocating actual tariffs. It's just placing the biggest tariffs on the countries running the biggest trade surpluses.

2. (transitive) To give something else in response (where the "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a reciprocal gift.

   I gave them apples from my tree; they reciprocated with a pie and some apple jelly.

   • 2019, Con Man Games, SmashGames, quoting Nugget, Kindergarten 2, SmashGames:

     Nugget appreciates the generosity! Nugget will reciprocate with a Monstermon card!

3. (intransitive) To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.

   a reciprocating engine

   • 1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies, / And draws and blows reciprocating air.

4. (intransitive) To counter, retort or retaliate.

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