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[verb in-ter-cheynj; noun in-ter-cheynj]
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verb (used with object), in·ter·changed, in·ter·chang·ing.

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

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RELATED WORDS

intersection, junction, give-and-take, networking, barter, shift, alternation, variation, trade, reciprocation, varying, change, mesh, altering, crossfire, transposition, commute, convert, bandy, reverse

Origin of interchange

1325–75; inter- + change; replacing Middle English entrechaungen < Middle French entrechangier
Related formsin·ter·chang·er, nounpre·in·ter·change, noun
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Examples from the Web for interchange

Contemporary Examples of interchange

Historical Examples of interchange

  • Great was the interchange of news over the homely hearty meal.

    The Armourer's Prentices

    Charlotte M. Yonge

  • "You see, by the interchange your positions were reversed," continued the lawyer.

    A Son of Hagar

    Sir Hall Caine

  • Delcassé had listened to this interchange with smiling lips.

    The Destroyer

    Burton Egbert Stevenson

  • Finally the interchange was ended, and Ran-los bowed himself out.

  • This interchange of compliments was interrupted by the announcement of supper.

    David Dunne

    Belle Kanaris Maniates

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 Formsinterchangeable, adjectiveinterchangeability or interchangeableness, nouninterchangeably, adverb
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Word Origin and History for interchange
v.

late 14c., from Old French entrechangier, from entre- (see inter-) + changier "to change" (see change (v.)). Related: Interchanged; interchanging.

n.

1540s, "act of exchange, from Old French entrechange, from entrechangier (see interchange (v.)). In reference to a type of road junction, 1944.

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