{
    "term": "mutual",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to describe feelings that two or more people have for each other equally, or actions that affect two or more people equally",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**mutual respect/understanding**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**mutual support/aid**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They parted by mutual consent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't like her, and I think **the feeling is mutual** *(= she doesn't like me either)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "shared by two or more people",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We met at the home of a mutual friend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They soon discovered a mutual interest in music."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmjuːtʃuəl/",
                "audio": "mu/mutual/mutual__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmjuːtʃuəl/",
                "audio": "mu/mutual/mutual__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from Old French mutuel, from Latin mutuus ‘mutual, borrowed’; related to mutare ‘to change’."
}