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elkaar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • each other pronoun Used to show that each of two or more people or things does something to the other and receives the same thing back.
  • interact verb To communicate or engage with someone, or to have an effect on each other.
  • nest noun A structure built by a bird (or other animal) to hold eggs and raise young.

Senses

elkaar is used for these senses in English:

  • each other (reciprocal pronoun) To one another; one to the other; signifies that a verb applies to two or more entities both as subjects and as direct objects:
  • interact (intransitive) To act upon each other.
  • nest (intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.
  • nest (transitive) To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
  • one another (reciprocal pronoun) Used of a reciprocal relationship among a group of two or more people or things; compare each other.

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