reciprocal nature

collocation in English

meaningsofreciprocalandnature

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reciprocal
adjective
uk
/rɪˈsɪp.rə.kəl/us
/rɪˈsɪp.rə.kəl/
A reciprocal action or arrangement involves two people or groups of people who behave in the same way or agree to help each other and give each ...
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nature
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us
/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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He understood thereciprocalnatureof lobbying and the need to work cooperatively with government.
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Our evidence suggested that the highlyreciprocalnatureof sibling relationships made them insensitive to heritable characteristics of the adolescent siblings.
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Further research on the influence of parenting emphasizing the interactive andreciprocalnatureof parent-child relationships is warranted.
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This highlights thereciprocalnatureof these dynamic communicative interactions.
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The theory of team reasoning allows us to understand thereciprocalnatureof collective recommendations.
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The preceding description emphasizes thereciprocalnatureof communication and also challenges the notion that competence resides entirely within the individual user.
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Trust in these instances can work through thereciprocalnatureof the relationship.
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Voluntary work was valued for itsreciprocalnature, and people liked to feel both valued and that they were giving something back to society in their retirement.
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Study participants stressed thereciprocalnatureof their helping relationships.
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It thus dismantles thereciprocalnatureof the disclosure scheme whereby further prosecution disclosure is subject to disclosure by the accused.
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My noble friend made the very good point about thereciprocalnatureof this proposal.
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Is it possible for a declaration to be made with regard to commercial discrimination of areciprocalnature?
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Criminal justice is the most hotly debated area of human rights – itsreciprocalnature, its conflicts and the fact that it is based on a principle of essential dignity.
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Thus, curriculum planning and implementation revolve around open-ended and often long-term projects that are based on thereciprocalnatureof teacher-directed and child-initiated activity.
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Thereciprocalnatureof the plugboard meant that no letter could be connected to more than one other letter.
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Hippie households welcomed overnight guests on an "impromptu" basis, and thereciprocalnatureof the lifestyle permitted greater freedom of movement.
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The technique exploits thereciprocalnatureof certain transduction mechanisms; measurement microphones are usually capacitor microphones (also called condenser microphones) which exhibit this behaviour.
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