Meanings
possessive one another's
- pronounreciprocalUsed of a reciprocal relationship among a group of two or more people or things; compare each other.
Rainy days seemed to follow one another all summer.
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The raw recruits helped one another get over the first few days.
It is here within the state borders of Ukraine that we can confirm the strength of the borders of all European countries. We can guarantee that nobody will dare to return tyranny to our continent. It is here that the values of our Eur-Atlantic community have been revived by a people that is fighting for freedom and with other nations that help us in the struggle. We are real allies with NATO. We have covered this road to NATO. And in actual fact, we have proven that we are compatible with the standards of the alliance. They are real on the battlefield in every aspect of our cooperation. We trust one another, we help one another, and we are protecting, defending one another and that is our alliance. This is an actual alliance.
2022 September 30, 3:10 from the start, in Ukraine makes NATO membership bid following Putin's annexation of four Ukrainian regions, spoken by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Al JazeeraSynonyms: each other
Synonyms & antonyms
pronounUsed of a reciprocal relationship among a group of two or more people or things; compare each other.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων
- ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn)idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Bulgarian еди́н друг, еди́н на друг
- еди́н друг (edín drug)idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- еди́н на друг (edín na drug)idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Chinese Mandarin 互相
- 互相 (hùxiāng)idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Danish hinanden, hverandre
- hinandenidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- hverandreidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Dutch elkaar, elkander
- elkaaridiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- elkanderidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Esperanto unu la alian, reciproke
- unu la alianidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- reciprokeidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Finnish toisensa
- toisensaidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
French l'un l'autre, les uns les autres
- l'un l'autreidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- les uns les autresidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
German einander, gegenseitig
- einanderidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- gegenseitigidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- aufeinanderidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Greek αλλήλων
- αλλήλων (allílon)idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Hawaiian kekahi i kekahi, kekahi me kekahi
- kekahi i kekahiidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- kekahi me kekahiidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Hungarian egymás
- egymásidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Irish a chéile
- a chéileidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Italian vicendevolmente, a vicenda
- vicendevolmenteidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- a vicendaidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- l'un l'altroidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Japanese お互いに
- お互いに (o-tagai ni)idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Malay saling
- salingidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Māori tau-
- tau-idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Polish nawzajem
- nawzajemidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Portuguese um ao outro, se
- um ao outroidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- seidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Romanian unul pe altul
- unul pe altulidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Russian друг дру́га, друг дру́гу
- друг дру́га (drug drúga)idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- друг дру́гу (drug drúgu)idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- взаи́мно (vzaímno)idiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Scottish Gaelic a chèile, càch a chèile
- a chèileidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- càch a chèileidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Swedish varandra
- varandraidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Tagalog isa’t-isa
- isa’t-isaidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Turkish birbirine, birbirini
- birbirineidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- birbiriniidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Welsh ein gilydd, eich gilydd
- ein gilyddidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- eich gilyddidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- ei gilyddidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- y naill y llallidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
- y naill i'r y llallidiomatic, reciprocal pronoun
Cite this entry
one another. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20another
“one another.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20another. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “one another,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20another.
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