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interchangeable

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[in-ter-cheyn-juh-buhl] / ˌɪn tərˈtʃeɪn dʒə bəl /

adjective

  1. (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other.

    interchangeable symbols.

  2. (of one thing) capable of replacing or changing places with something else.

    an interchangeable part.

Related Words

See exchangeable.

Other Word Forms

  • interchangeability noun
  • interchangeableness noun
  • interchangeably adverb
  • noninterchangeability noun
  • noninterchangeable adjective
  • noninterchangeableness noun
  • uninterchangeable adjective

Etymology

Origin of interchangeable

First recorded in 1400–50; interchange + -able; replacing late Middle English entrechaungeable, from Middle French entrechangeable

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