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Sounds | ihkschey'njh |
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Rhymes | arrange, change, derange, and 10 more rhymes in eynjh at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another. |
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Narrower | photochemical exchange |
Broader | chemical phenomenon |
Meaning | A mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one). |
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Examples | "they had a bitter exchange" |
Broader | conversation |
Meaning | The act of changing one thing for another thing. |
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Examples | "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an exchange of prisoners" |
Narrower | tradeoff, trade-off |
Broader | group action |
Verbs | exchange |
Meaning | The act of giving something in return for something received. |
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Examples | "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable" |
Narrower | logrolling |
Broader | transaction, dealing, dealings |
Verbs | exchange |
Meaning | A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication. |
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Synonyms | central, telephone exchange |
Part of | telephone system, phone system |
Narrower | centrex; switchboard, patchboard, plugboard |
Broader | workplace, work |
Meaning | A workplace for buying and selling. Open only to members. |
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Narrower | commodity exchange, commodities exchange, commodities market; corn exchange; stock exchange, stock market, securities market |
Broader | workplace, work |
Meaning | (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes. |
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Synonyms | rally |
Category | squash, squash racquets, squash rackets; badminton; tennis, lawn tennis; table tennis, Ping-Pong |
Broader | group action |
Meaning | Reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries. |
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Synonyms | interchange |
Narrower | conversion; barter, swap, swop, trade; foreign exchange |
Broader | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism |
Verbs | exchange |
Meaning | The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help". |
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Synonyms | substitution, commutation |
Narrower | replacement, replacing; subrogation; weaning, ablactation |
Broader | change |
Verbs | exchange; exchange |
Meaning | (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop. |
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Examples | "black lost the exchange" |
Category | chess, chess game |
Broader | capture |
Meaning | (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value. |
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Examples | "the endgame began after the exchange of queens" |
Category | chess, chess game |
Broader | capture |
Meaning | Give to, and receive from, one another. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Model | They exchange the goods |
Synonyms | change, interchange |
Narrower | sell; cash, cash in; ransom, redeem; substitute, replace; substitute, sub, stand in, fill in; trade, swap, swop, switch; barter; trade, trade in |
Broader | transfer |
Nouns | exchange |
Meaning | Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Synonyms | change, commute, convert |
Narrower | rectify; utilize; capitalize, capitalise; launder; break |
Broader | replace |
Similar to | switch, shift, change |
Nouns | exchange; exchanger |
Meaning | Change over, change around, or switch over. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | switch over, switch |
Broader | change by reversal, turn, reverse |
Nouns | exchange |
Meaning | Hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company" |
Narrower | alternate |
Broader | transfer, reassign |
Nouns | exchange |
Meaning | Exchange a penalty for a less severe one. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | commute, convert |
Broader | change, alter, modify |
Nouns | exchange |