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EXCHANGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value

Example:

the endgame began after the exchange of queens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("exchange" is a kind of...):

capture (the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board)

Domain category:

chess; chess game (a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop

Example:

black lost the exchange

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("exchange" is a kind of...):

capture (the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board)

Domain category:

chess; chess game (a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

commutation; exchange; substitution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("exchange" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exchange"):

replacement; replacing (the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another)

subrogation ((law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another)

ablactation; weaning (the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal)

Derivation:

exchange (change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence)

exchange (hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)

Example:

he earns his living from the interchange of currency

Synonyms:

exchange; interchange

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("exchange" is a kind of...):

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exchange"):

conversion (act of exchanging one type of money or security for another)

barter; swap; swop; trade (an equal exchange)

foreign exchange (the system by which one currency is exchanged for another; enables international transactions to take place)

Derivation:

exchange (exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of giving something in return for something received

Example:

deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("exchange" is a kind of...):

dealing; dealings; transaction (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exchange"):

logrolling (act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects)

Derivation:

exchange (give to, and receive from, one another)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The act of changing one thing for another thing

Example:

there was an interchange of prisoners

Synonyms:

exchange; interchange

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("exchange" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exchange"):

trade-off; tradeoff (an exchange that occurs as a compromise)

Derivation:

exchange (exchange a penalty for a less severe one)

Sense 7

Meaning:

(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes

Example:

after a short rally Connors won the point

Synonyms:

exchange; rally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("exchange" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Domain category:

squash; squash rackets; squash racquets (a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets)

badminton (a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net)

lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)

Ping-Pong; table tennis (a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball)

Sense 8

Meaning:

A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

Synonyms:

central; exchange; telephone exchange

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("exchange" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exchange"):

patchboard; plugboard; switchboard (telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords)

centrex ((CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange)

Holonyms ("exchange" is a part of...):

phone system; telephone system (a communication system that transmits sound between distant points)

Sense 9

Meaning:

A workplace for buying and selling; open only to members

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("exchange" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Meronyms (parts of "exchange"):

floor; trading floor (a large room in a exchange where the trading is done)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exchange"):

commodities exchange; commodities market; commodity exchange (an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery)

corn exchange (an exchange where grains are bought and sold)

securities market; stock exchange; stock market (an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers)

Sense 10

Meaning:

A mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)

Example:

they had a bitter exchange

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("exchange" is a kind of...):

conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)

Sense 11

Meaning:

Chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("exchange" is a kind of...):

chemical phenomenon (any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exchange"):

photochemical exchange (an exchange produced by the chemical action of radiant energy (especially light))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

Synonyms:

exchange; switch; switch over

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "exchange" is one way to...):

change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

exchange (the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

Example:

convert holdings into shares

Synonyms:

change; commute; convert; exchange

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "exchange" is one way to...):

replace (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected))

Verb group:

change; shift; switch (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exchange"):

break (exchange for smaller units of money)

launder (convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones)

capitalise; capitalize (convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital)

utilize (convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust))

rectify (convert into direct current)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

exchange (reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries))

exchanger (one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Exchange a penalty for a less severe one

Synonyms:

commute; convert; exchange

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "exchange" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

exchange (the act of changing one thing for another thing)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Give to, and receive from, one another

Example:

We have been exchanging letters for a year

Synonyms:

change; exchange; interchange

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "exchange" is one way to...):

transfer (cause to change ownership)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exchange"):

trade; trade in (turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase)

barter (exchange goods without involving money)

swap; switch; swop; trade (exchange or give (something) in exchange for)

fill in; stand in; sub; substitute (be a substitute)

redeem (to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange)

ransom; redeem (exchange or buy back for money; under threat)

cash; cash in (exchange for cash)

sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

They exchange the goods

Derivation:

exchange (the act of giving something in return for something received)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

Example:

synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning

Synonyms:

exchange; interchange; replace; substitute

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "exchange" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exchange"):

shift (move and exchange for another)

reduce (simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another)

truncate (replace a corner by a plane)

retool (provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools)

subrogate (substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent

Example:

exchange employees between branches of the company

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "exchange" is one way to...):

reassign; transfer (transfer somebody to a different position or location of work)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exchange"):

alternate (exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

exchange (the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The waiter immediately withdrew to make the exchange.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Norse Greenlanders needed to trade with Europe for iron and timber, and had mainly walrus products to export in exchange,” said Barrett, lead author of the study.

(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)

Binding to opioid receptors stimulates exchange of GTP for GDP, inhibits adenylate cyclase, and decreases intracellular cAMP.

(Buprenorphine Transdermal Matrix Patch, NCI Thesaurus)

The wall of a capillary is thin and leaky, and capillaries are involved in the exchange of fluids and gases between tissues and the blood.

(Blood Capillary, NCI Dictionary)

The primary goal of breathing is the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen that is critical for life.

(Star-like cells may help the brain tune breathing rhythms, National Institutes of Health)

This protein interfaces the B-cell receptor-associated SYK tyrosine kinase with PLC-gamma, the VAV guanine nucleotide exchange factor, and the GRB2 and NCK adaptor proteins.

(B-Cell Linker, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 1 protein, is involved in the regulation of G protein coupled receptor signal transduction.

(ARHGEF1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The world belongs to the strong—to the strong who are noble as well and who do not wallow in the swine-trough of trade and exchange.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This allele, which encodes Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 12 protein, is involved in the modulation of signaling that is mediated by both Rho-family GTPases or G-protein coupled receptors.

(ARHGEF12 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 2 protein, plays a role in signaling, apoptosis, and cell proliferation.

(ARHGEF2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)