interchange

[ verb in-ter-cheynj; noun in-ter-cheynj ]

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verb (used with object),in·ter·changed, in·ter·chang·ing.

to put each in the place of the other: to interchange pieces of modular furniture.
to cause (one thing) to change places with another; transpose.

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

to occur by turns or in succession; alternate.
to change places, as two persons or things, or as one with another.

noun

an act or instance of interchanging; reciprocal exchange: the interchange of commodities.
a changing of places, as between two persons or things, or of one with another.

alternation; alternate succession.
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

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

Words Nearby interchange

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How to use interchange in a sentence

Kopin said the interchange was nothing more than a “gentle caress.”
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But even Jesselyn Radack, one of Snowden's American lawyers, instantly acknowledged that the interchange was a misstep.
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Wizner said he understood the revulsion: The interchange looked like cheap agitprop.
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But rising fees on bank accounts was a predictable (and predicted) effect of the interchange fee regulations.
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Most of you probably didn't pay much attention to the Great interchange Fee Wars of 2010.
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Brief as was this interchange of politenesses, it sufficed to knit together the souls of the seaman and the small boy.
The Garret and the Garden | R.M. Ballantyne
The doctor is highly esteemed by the physicians of his system, who continually interchange calls with him.
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Another day went by, enlivened only by an interchange of notes between Mr. Gryce and Miss Butterworth.
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They corresponded up to the very end of Holbach's life and there was a constant interchange of friendly offices between them.
Baron d'Holbach | Max Pearson Cushing
Just then a carriage drawn by two fine bays passed them, and there was an interchange of nods.
The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for interchange

interchange

verb(ˌɪntəˈtʃeɪndʒ)

to change places or cause to change places; alternate; exchange; switch

noun(ˈɪntəˌtʃeɪndʒ)

the act of interchanging; exchange or alternation
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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