Interchange

/ɪntə(ɹ)ˈtʃeɪndʒ/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) to switch (each of two things).

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) to switch (each of two things)
2. (transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
3. (intransitive) to swap or change places
4. (transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary
5. (transport) To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).
6. (countable, uncountable) An act of interchanging.
7. (countable) A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
8. (countable) 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.

Example Sentences

to interchange places

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

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.

to interchange cares with pleasures

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.

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.

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

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Word Forms

• interchanges
• interchanging
• interchanged

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