interchange

[ verb in-ter-cheynj; noun in-ter-cheynj ]
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verb (used with object),in·ter·changed, in·ter·chang·ing.
  1. to put each in the place of the other: to interchange pieces of modular furniture.

  2. to cause (one thing) to change places with another; transpose.

  1. to give and receive (things) reciprocally; exchange: The twins interchanged clothes frequently.

  2. to cause to follow one another alternately; alternate: to interchange business cares with pleasures.

verb (used without object),in·ter·changed, in·ter·chang·ing.
  1. to occur by turns or in succession; alternate.

  2. to change places, as two persons or things, or as one with another.

noun
  1. an act or instance of interchanging; reciprocal exchange: the interchange of commodities.

  2. a changing of places, as between two persons or things, or of one with another.

  1. alternation; alternate succession.

  2. a highway intersection consisting of a system of several different road levels arranged so that vehicles may move from one road to another without crossing the streams of traffic.

Origin of interchange

1
1325–75; inter- + change; replacing Middle English entrechaungen<Middle French entrechangier

Other words from interchange

  • in·ter·chang·er, noun
  • pre·in·ter·change, noun

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How to use interchange in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for interchange

interchange

verb(ˌɪntəˈtʃeɪndʒ)
  1. to change places or cause to change places; alternate; exchange; switch

noun(ˈɪntəˌtʃeɪndʒ)
  1. the act of interchanging; exchange or alternation

  2. a motorway junction of interconnecting roads and bridges designed to prevent streams of traffic crossing one another

Derived forms of interchange

  • interchangeable, adjective
  • interchangeability or interchangeableness, noun
  • interchangeably, adverb

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