exchanging
- 1Present participle and gerund of exchange.
The two delegations were exchanging documents before the summit began.
Exchanging currency at the airport usually costs more in fees.
Note
The -ing form does double duty. After be it builds the progressive (they were exchanging documents), and in noun positions it works as a gerund (exchanging currency costs more). The gerund overlaps with the noun exchange, but the -ing form takes a direct object, while the noun needs of: exchanging currency, but the exchange of currency. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland it can also stand alone, short for exchanging contracts.
exchanging is a form of exchange
exchange, verb: Of two or more people, to give each other things of the same kind, such as glances, words, blows, ideas, or advice. Full entry
- Spelling
- exchange → exchanging: drop the e, add -ing
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