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English to English noun
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chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another |  | source: wordnet30
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a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one) | | Example: they had a bitter exchange
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the act of changing one thing for another thing | | Example: Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience
there was an interchange of prisoners
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the act of giving something in return for something received | | Example: deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable
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a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication | | source: wordnet30
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a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members | | source: wordnet30
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(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes | | Example: after a short rally Connors won the point
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reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries) | | Example: he earns his living from the interchange of currency
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the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: | | Example: he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help
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(chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop | | Example: black lost the exchange
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(chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value | | Example: the endgame began after the exchange of queens
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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give to, and receive from, one another | | Example: Would you change places with me?
We have been exchanging letters for a year
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| 14 |
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | | Example: Could you convert my dollars into pounds?
He changed his name
convert centimeters into inches
convert holdings into shares
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change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence | | source: wordnet30
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hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent | | Example: exchange prisoners
exchange employees between branches of the company
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put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items | | Example: the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt
substitute regular milk with fat-free milk
synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning
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exchange a penalty for a less severe one | | source: wordnet30
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To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; -- usually followed by for before the thing received. | | source: webster1913
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To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes. | | source: webster1913
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