exchanged Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb give to, and receive from, one another
    interchange; change; exchange.
    • Would you change places with me?
    • We have been exchanging letters for a year
  2. verb exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
    convert; commute; change; exchange.
    • Could you convert my dollars into pounds?
    • He changed his name
    • convert centimeters into inches
    • convert holdings into shares
  3. verb change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
    switch over; switch; exchange.
  4. verb hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
    exchange.
    • exchange prisoners
    • exchange employees between branches of the company
  5. verb put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
    interchange; exchange; substitute; replace.
    • 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
  6. verb exchange a penalty for a less severe one
    convert; commute; exchange.
  7. adjective satellite changed for (replaced by) something different

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