Exchanged Exchange ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ I Juliet David Group Words

• to exchange ideas/news/information
• juliet and david exchanged glances (= they looked at each other).
• everyone in the group exchanged email addresses.
• i shook hands and exchanged a few words with the manager.

exchange

1. to give something to somebody and at the same time receive the same type of thing from them
• to exchange ideas/news/information
• Juliet and David exchanged glances (= they looked at each other).
• Everyone in the group exchanged email addresses.
• I shook hands and exchanged a few words with the manager.
• The two men exchanged blows (= hit each other).
• I heard them exchange words(= argue).
2. to give or return something that you have and get something different or better instead
• synonym change
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/change_1
• If it doesn't fit, take it back and the store will exchange it.
• You can exchange your currency for dollars in the hotel.
3. to sign a contract with the person that you are buying something from, especially a house or land
• See related entries: Buying a home
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/buying_a_home/exchange_3
• The firm has just exchanged contracts on a nine-acre site.
4. to have an argument with somebody
• We've had words.
• Words were exchanged.

Extra Examples

• Everyone in the group exchanged telephone numbers.
• If it doesn’t fit, take it back and the store will exchange it.
• Juliet and David exchanged glances.
• The two men exchanged blows.
• We use the forum to exchange ideas.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they exchange
• he / she / it exchanges
• past simple exchanged
• past participle exchanged
• -ing form exchanging

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French eschange (noun), eschangier (verb), based on changer, from late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambire ‘barter’. The spelling was influenced by Latin ex- ‘out, utterly’ (see ex-).