English to English
exchange
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noun (n)
- chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another(noun.phenomenon)source: wordnet30
- a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)(noun.communication)Example:
They had a bitter exchange.
source: wordnet30 - the act of changing one thing for another thing(noun.act)Example:
Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience.
source: wordnet30 - the act of giving something in return for something received(noun.act)Example:
Deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable.
source: wordnet30 - a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop(noun.act)Example:
Black lost the exchange.
source: wordnet30 - (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value(noun.act)Example:
The endgame began after the exchange of queens.
source: wordnet30 - The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- give to, and receive from, one another(verb.possession)source: wordnet30
- change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence(verb.change)source: wordnet30
- hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent(verb.social)Example:
Exchange prisoners.
Exchange employees between branches of the company.
source: wordnet30 - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items(verb.possession)source: wordnet30
- To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; -- usually followed by for before the thing received.(verb)source: webster1913
- To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.(verb)source: webster1913