(~s, exchanging, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If two or more people ~ things of a particular kind, they give them to each other at the same time.
We ~d addresses and Christmas cards...
He ~d a quick smile with her then entered the lift.
V-RECIP: pl-n V, V n with n
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Exchange is also a noun.
He ruled out any ~ of prisoners with the militants.
...a frank ~ of views.
N-COUNT: oft N of pl-n
2.
If you ~ something, you replace it with a different thing, especially something that is better or more satisfactory.
...the chance to sell back or ~ goods...
If the car you have leased is clearly unsatisfactory, you can always ~ it for another.
VERB: V n, V n for n
3.
An ~ is a brief conversation, usually an angry one. (FORMAL)
There’ve been some bitter ~s between the two groups.
N-COUNT
4.
An ~ of fire, for example, is an incident in which people use guns or missiles against each other.
There was an ~ of fire during which the gunman was wounded...
N-COUNT: oft N of n
5.
An ~ is an arrangement in which people from two different countries visit each other’s country, to strengthen links between them.
...a series of sporting and cultural ~s with Seoul...
I’m going to go on an ~ visit to Paris.
N-COUNT: usu adj N
6.
The ~ is the same as the telephone ~ .
N-COUNT: usu the N
7.
see also corn ~ , foreign ~ , stock ~
8.
If you do or give something in ~ for something else, you do it or give it in order to get that thing.
It is illegal for public officials to solicit gifts or money in ~ for favors...
PHRASE: usu PHR for n, PHR with cl