interchange

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

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.
3. to give and receive (things) reciprocally; exchange:

   The twins interchanged clothes frequently.

4. 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.
3. alternation; alternate succession.
4. 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.

interchange

verb

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

noun

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

• ˌinterˈchangeably, adverb
• ˌinterˈchangeable, adjective
• ˌinterˌchangeaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• inter·changer noun
• pre·inter·change noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of interchange¹

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

Example Sentences

The last third of your book is so completely like “The Grapes of Wrath” that the families and characters might basically be interchanged in the two.

From Salon

At least 57 people died in that 1994 earthquake, which caused the collapse of part of the Santa Monica Freeway and the interchange between Interstate 5 and Highway 14.

From Los Angeles Times

One person is dead and three more seriously injured after a single-vehicle rollover crash on a major interchange in Griffith Park early Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times

So we can expect to see plenty of interchange between Mbappe and Vinicius in particular, as they roam and combine between the left flank and penalty area.

From BBC

In August 2005, President George W. Bush signed a highway bill that included $8 million to build an interchange with Interstate 15, and $1.5 million to support commercial development of the area around the airfield.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• give-and-take
• intersection
• junction
• networking