Definitions for mutual

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mutual mu·tu·al

Spelling: [myoo-choo-uh l]

IPA: /ˈmyu tʃu əl/

Mutual is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in mutual (almtuu).

Definitions for mutual

noun

1. Informal. a mutual fund.

adjective

1. possessed, experienced, performed, etc., by each of two or more with respect to the other; reciprocal:
2. having the same relation each toward the other:
3. of or relating to each of two or more; held in common; shared:
4. having or pertaining to a form of corporate organization in which there are no stockholders, and in which profits, losses, expenses, etc., are shared by members in proportion to the business each transacts with the company: See also mutual insurance.

Origin of mutual

1470-80; Middle French mutuel Latin mūtu(us) mutual, reciprocal (mūt(āre) to change (see mutate) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix) + Middle French -el (Latin -ālis)

Examples for mutual

I oppose you only on account of our love and for our mutual happiness.

Ascribes to the difference in each of their tempers their mutual love.

He knew I loved him like a big brother, and I knew the feeling was mutual.

Sharpton noted that otherwise some of their mutual detractors might suggest that he had played a role in the appointment.

Bound together by mutual distrust, both sides end up lashing themselves to the mast of rigid law.

Earlier this year, a mutual friend told me that Peter was being held captive in Syria.

But among ferocious ideologues, similar roots are no guarantee of mutual sympathy when schisms occur.

Our meeting, after mutual recognition, was affectionate and cordial.

All ferocity must be misinterpretation of the divine law of harmony and mutual help.

The oath taken in the presence of the people becomes a mutual covenant.