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mutual

adjectivenouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈmjuːt͡ʃuəl//

Having the same relationship, each to each other.

adjective

  1. 1

    Having the same relationship, each to each other.

    They were mutual enemies.

  2. 2

    Collective, done or held in common.

    Mutual insurance.

  3. 3

    Reciprocal.

    They had mutual fear of each other.

  4. 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 […]

  5. 5

    Owned by the members.

Etymology

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

noun

  1. 1

    A mutual fund.

  2. 2

    A mutual organization.

  3. 3

    Either of a pair of people who follow each other's social media accounts.

Forms

plural
mutuals
comparative
more mutual
superlative
most mutual
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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