Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To transfer (memory contents) into a swap file.

  2. (ambitransitive)To exchange (something or someone) for an unused (or less-used) equivalent.

    Those men are tired; let's swap that unit out.

    I can't keep going; is it okay if I swap out?

  3. (transitive)To exchange (something) for (something else). (usually followed by with or for)

    I'll swap out the dead battery for a new one.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Swap it out for a new one.

  2. When this batch is done, we need to swap out the container.

  3. In Portuguese, we just swap out "you" with "the gentleman" or "the lady" to make a formal sentence.

Translations

2 languages

Forms

swaps out, swapping out, swapped out, swapped out
Base formswap out · to swap out
3rd person singularswaps out
Present participleswapping out
Past simpleswapped out
Past participleswapped out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyswap out
he, she, itswaps out

Past simpleLesson

all personsswapped out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave swapped out
he, she, ithas swapped out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill swap out

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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