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Adjective: exchanged  iks'cheynjd
  1. Changed for (replaced by) something different
Verb: exchange  iks'cheynj
  1. Give to, and receive from, one another
    "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
    - change, interchange
     
  2. Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
    "He exchanged his name"
    - change, commute, convert
     
  3. Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
    - switch over, switch
     
  4. Hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
    "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"
     
  5. Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
    "exchange regular milk with fat-free milk"
    - substitute, replace, interchange
     
  6. Exchange a penalty for a less severe one
    - commute, convert

See also: changed, exchanger

Type of: alter, change, change by reversal, modify, reassign, replace, reverse, transfer, turn

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