interchange — English Dictionary

Verb

1. to switch (each of two things)

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   • Transitive

   Examples

   to interchange places

2. to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   I shall interchange / My waned state for Henry's regal crown.

3. to swap or change places

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   • Intransitive

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   The poem is written in an alef-lamed, bet-nun acrostic form. This is a formula of permutation of letters wherein the first interchanges with the twelfth, the second with the thirteenth, etc.

4. to alternate; to intermingle or vary

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   • Transitive

   Examples

   to interchange cares with pleasures

5. To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).

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   But those 13 miles go through central London, and where the Underground interchanges with Crossrail, its own stations will be boosted and glamorised, especially at Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road.

   The expectation is that about one-third of passengers will choose to interchange at Old Oak, while two-thirds will prefer to travel on to Euston.

Noun

1. An act of interchanging.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

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   That was one of three superb saves Hennessey made in the opening 45 minutes, the best of which was from Dzeko, who had been released by a slick interchange involving Silva and Sergio Aguero.

2. A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.

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   • Countable

3. A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.

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   • Countable

4. A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.

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   • Countable

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   Holborn tube station is the only interchange between the London Underground Central and Piccadilly Lines.

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   Moving on again, I catch another GWR Class 802 bound for Oxford via the Cotswold Line. Our first stop is at one of the newest stations on the network - Worcestershire Parkway, which opened on February 23. It's a four-platform (actually three-platform) split-level interchange with the line from Birmingham to Bristol.

5. A back-and-forth interaction; an exchange.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

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   David and I were not "intimate" friends. There was always a certain old-worldly formality about our interchanges. There was something professorial and distant about David, something that commanded respect, partially, I think, because he was so respectful himself.

Noun

1. a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams

   Broader terms

   junction

2. mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)

   Synonyms

   reciprocationgive-and-take

   Broader terms

   interaction

3. the act of changing one thing for another thing

   Synonyms

   exchange

   Broader terms

   group action

   Examples

   Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience

   there was an interchange of prisoners

4. reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)

   Synonyms

   exchange

   Broader terms

   commercecommercialismmercantilism

   Examples

   he earns his living from the interchange of currency

Verb

1. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

   Synonyms

   substitutereplaceexchange

   Broader terms

   changealtermodify

   Examples

   the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt

   substitute regular milk for fat-free milk

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   synonyms can be interchanged without changing the context's meaning

2. give to, and receive from, one another

   Synonyms

   exchangechange

   Broader terms

   transfer

   Examples

   Would you change places with me?

   We have been exchanging letters for a year

3. cause to change places

   Synonyms

   counterchangetranspose

   Broader terms

   changealtermodify

   Examples

   interchange this screw for one of a smaller size

4. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

   Synonyms

   tackswitchalternateflipflip-flop

   Broader terms

   change by reversalturnreverse