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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "exchange"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻĻāϞāĻŦāĻĻāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to give something to someone and receive something else from them
Transitive: to exchange sth
to exchange definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The students agreed to exchange study notes to prepare for the exam.
āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āύ⧋āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻĻāϞāĻŦāĻĻāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to swap one item for another, often of similar value or function
Ditransitive: to exchange sth for a similar thing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He exchanged his winter coat for a lighter jacket as the weather warmed up.
āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļā§€āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āϕ⧋āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻœā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reciprocally direct actions, words, or gestures towards one another
Transitive: to exchange words or gestures
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The two friends exchanged knowing glances when the teacher mentioned the upcoming test.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āφāϏāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to finalize the purchase of a property by signing a legal document with the seller
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to exchange contracts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The couple flew in from overseas to exchange contracts on their dream home in the city.
āĻĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ

an arrangement in which two groups or people from different countries do each other's jobs or visit each other
exchange definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As part of a teacher exchange initiative, educators from Japan spent a semester teaching at American schools, while their American counterparts taught in Japan.
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a chemical reaction in which atoms, ions, or groups switch places with one another

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A cation exchange occurs in many chemical processes.
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āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻž

the act of exchanging or trading one thing for another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The exchange of gifts during the holidays is a cherished tradition.
āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĒāĻšāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ

a brief conversation, often between two people who are in disagreement about something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their exchange at the meeting revealed deep differences in opinion.
āϏāĻ­āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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a facility where telephone lines are connected to allow communication

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Operators worked at the central exchange.
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reciprocal transfer of equal sums of money, often currencies of different countries

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They completed a foreign exchange before leaving.
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āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻ…āĻĻāϞāĻŦāĻĻāϞ

the capture of a rook for a minor piece, such as a knight or bishop, or vice versa
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The grandmaster avoided an unfavorable exchange to preserve his attacking chances.
āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϕ⧂āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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the act of capturing or losing a rook in return for a knight or bishop

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This exchange strengthened his position despite material loss.
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(in sports) a continuous sequence of successive plays or strokes

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tennis players had an exciting exchange across the court.
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a marketplace for buying and selling, usually limited to members

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Members of the exchange trade commodities daily.

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