exchange

«exchange» in Mova's school dictionary: to give one thing and get another thing back — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (exchange, exchanges); verb (exchange, exchanges, exchanged, exchanging)

meaning for a pupil

1) To exchange means to give one thing and get another thing back. An exchange is that swap. tree →

2) To exchange something in a shop is to take it back and get a different one. tree →

3) To exchange money is to change it into the money of another country. tree →

4) An exchange is also a short talk between people, or a school exchange where pupils visit another country. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: a swap at a rate: things or money traded for others (4 stickers for 1 card, dollars for coins); divide or multiply by the rate; one side goes down and the other goes up. In history: people exchanged goods before money (trading, bartering). Phrases: exchange for, in exchange, exchange rate, exchange gifts, exchange student.

examples

• She exchanged 10 stickers for 2 cards. tree →
• You can exchange 1 dollar for 4 quarters. tree →
• How many cards can he get for 20 stickers? tree →
• They exchanged gifts. tree →
• I exchanged the shoes for a bigger size. tree →
• The friends exchanged phone numbers. tree →
• In exchange for helping, she got a free ticket. tree →
• A French girl came to our school on an exchange. tree →
• Shall we exchange?" he asked the toll-keeper. tree →

note

«Exchange for» = swap for. A rate of exchange: how many of one give one of another; divide or multiply by it. Trap: one side goes down and the other goes up.

In the corpora

• After Columbus crossed the Atlantic, plants and animals sailed both ways, and this swap is called the Columbian exchange.
• "A full and frank exchange of views" means a serious argument.
• "A frank exchange of views" means an angry argument; it is the language of officials and news reports.
• Example: a boy in Dublin is asked in a game chat for his password in exchange for 10,000 free coins.
• Historians call this the Columbian Exchange.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «exchange» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.