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交換 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • exchange noun An act of exchanging or trading.
  • replacement noun A person or thing that takes the place of another.
  • substitute verb To use one thing or person in place of another.
  • swap verb To exchange one thing for another.
  • switch noun A device used to turn an electrical circuit on or off.

Senses

交換 is used for these senses in English:

  • exchange An act of exchanging or trading.
  • exchange (transitive) To trade or barter.
  • replacement The act of replacing something.
  • substitute (transitive, formerly, _, proscribed, in the phrase "substitute X with/by Y") To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
  • swap An exchange of two comparable things.

exchange — full definition

  1. noun An act of exchanging or trading.
  2. noun A place for conducting trading.
  3. noun Ellipsis of telephone exchange.
  4. noun A central office.

replacement — full definition

  1. noun A person or thing that takes the place of another.
  2. noun The act of substituting one thing for another.

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