exchange
1. chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another (Freq. 14)
• Hypernyms:
chemical phenomenon
• Hyponyms:
photochemical exchange
2. a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one) (Freq. 3)
- they had a bitter exchange
• Hypernyms:
conversation
3. the act of changing one thing for another thing (Freq. 3)
- Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience
- there was an interchange of prisoners
• Syn:
interchange
• Hypernyms:
group action
• Hyponyms:
tradeoff, trade-off
4. the act of giving something in return for something received (Freq. 3)
- deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable
• Hypernyms:
transaction, dealing, dealings
• Hyponyms:
logrolling
5. a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
central, telephone exchange
• Derivationally related forms:
central (for: central)
• Hypernyms:
workplace, work
• Hyponyms:
centrex, switchboard, patchboard, plugboard
• Part Holonyms:
telephone system, phone system
6. a workplace for buying and selling;
open only to members
• Hypernyms:
workplace, work
• Hyponyms:
commodity exchange, commodities exchange, commodities market, corn exchange, stock exchange,
stock market, securities market
• Part Meronyms:
floor, trading floor
7. (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- after a short rally Connors won the point
• Syn:
rally
• Topics:
badminton, table tennis, Ping-Pong, tennis, lawn tennis,
squash, squash racquets, squash rackets
• Hypernyms:
group action
8. reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
- he earns his living from the interchange of currency
• Syn:
interchange
• Hypernyms:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hyponyms:
conversion, barter, swap, swop, trade, foreign exchange
9. 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"
• Syn:
substitution, commutation
• Derivationally related forms:
commute (for: commutation), substitute (for: substitution)
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
replacement, replacing, subrogation, weaning, ablactation
10. (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
- black lost the exchange
• Topics:
chess, chess game
• Hypernyms:
capture
11. (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
- the endgame began after the exchange of queens
• Topics:
chess, chess game
• Hypernyms:
capture
1. give to, and receive from, one another (Freq. 10)
- Would you change places with me?
- We have been exchanging letters for a year
• Syn:
change, interchange
• Derivationally related forms:
interchange (for: interchange)
• Hypernyms:
transfer
• Hyponyms:
sell, cash, cash in, ransom, redeem,
substitute, sub, stand in, fill in, trade, swap,
swop, switch, barter, trade in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They exchange the goods
2. exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category (Freq. 2)
- Could you convert my dollars into pounds?
- He changed his name
- convert centimeters into inches
- convert holdings into shares
• Syn:
change, commute, convert
• Derivationally related forms:
convertible (for: convert), conversion (for: convert), commutation (for: commute), exchanger
• Hypernyms:
replace
• Hyponyms:
rectify, utilize, capitalize, capitalise, launder, break
• Verb Group:
switch, shift, change
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
switch over, switch
• Derivationally related forms:
switch (for: switch)
• Hypernyms:
change by reversal, turn, reverse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s PP
4. hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
- exchange prisoners
- exchange employees between branches of the company
• Hypernyms:
transfer, reassign
• Hyponyms:
alternate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. put in the place of another;
switch seemingly equivalent items
- 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
• Syn:
substitute, replace, interchange
• Derivationally related forms:
replacement (for: replace), substitute (for: substitute), substitution (for: substitute)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
shift, reduce, truncate, retool, subrogate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s something with something
6. exchange a penalty for a less severe one
• Syn:
commute, convert
• Derivationally related forms:
commutation (for: commute)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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