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# swap

«swap» in Mova's school dictionary: **to give one thing and get another in return** — 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

verb (swap, swaps, swapped, swapping); noun (a swap, swaps); also spelt swop (UK)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To swap is to give one thing and get another in return. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swap/#m1)

2) To swap places or seats is for two people to change places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swap/#m2)

3) A swap is the act of swapping, or the thing you get. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swap/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

things change hands; each gives and gets, so totals may change or stay the same; in school: swapping stickers, cards or lunch with friends; in maths: swapping the order of numbers in adding or multiplying does not change the answer; phrases: «swap places», «swap over», «a fair swap»

### examples

- Tom swaps 3 stickers for 2 of Ben's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swap/#x1)
- They swap seats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swap/#x2)
- She swapped 4 marbles for 1 big one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swap/#x3)
- How many stickers does Tom have after the swap? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swap/#x4)
- Can I swap my apple for your banana? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swap/#x5)
- We swapped books after we finished reading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swap/#x6)
- Swap the numbers: 4 + 7 is the same as 7 + 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swap/#x7)
- That was a fair swap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swap/#x8)
- The two players swapped shirts after the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swap/#x9)

### note

Each side: minus what is given, plus what is got. Trap: an equal swap leaves the counts the same. Past: swapped (double p). Swapping numbers works for + and ×, not for − and ÷.

### In the corpora

- [Grown-ups love swapping it over the fence, and a lot of it is harmless fun.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/1/)
- [When someone gives a reason, like being ill, swapping it for a meaner guess is cruel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/15/)
- [Teachers often give a solo to the child most ready for that piece, and many swap solos around during the year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder/15/)
- [A missing piece rarely ruins a model: builders swap in another brick, and single pieces can be ordered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/11/)
- [Zoos swap animals between countries through planned breeding programmes, called EEPs in Europe and SSPs in North America.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «swap» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swap/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.