All 6 Uses
reciprocate
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The Circle
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- There had been changes made—there were now nine screens, and the CEs were encouraged to be delving far deeper with their clients, to reciprocate in far-reaching ways—but the work was essentially the same, and Mae found that she appreciated the rhythm of it, the almost meditative quality of doing something she knew in her bones, and she found herself being drawn to CE at times of stress or calamity.†
p. 327.3reciprocate = give in return
- Jared had told her about a new level of reciprocation encouraged among the CE staff.†
p. 328.9 *reciprocation = return
- But Mae was happy to answer them, feeling her opinion mattered and was being heard, and this kind of reciprocation would engender loyalty from Nanci and all who Nanci came into contact with.†
p. 329.3
- Mae told Nanci she had no intentions of making her feel devalued, that things were just busy at the Circle, and that she had spaced on this essential reciprocation, which she quickly remedied.†
p. 329.9
- At 10:11 p.m., she said good night to her watchers—there were only 98,027 at that point, a few thousand of whom reciprocated her goodnight wishes—lifted the lens over her head and placed it in its case.†
p. 335.2reciprocated = given in return
- He added her to the friends on his personal Circle profile, and asked that she reciprocate.†
p. 375.9reciprocate = give in return
Definitions:
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(1)
(reciprocate) to give in return -- such as invitations, gifts, actions, or feelings
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, reciprocate can refer to alternating the direction of something as in a reciprocating saw.