Interchange

Quick meaning: Interchange is a verb meaning (transitive) to switch (each of two things).

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

to interchange cares with pleasures

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

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

Word Forms

• interchanges
• interchanging
• interchanged

Synonyms for interchange

Depending on context, synonyms include exchange, swap, trade, mix, change, transpose.

Antonyms for interchange

Common opposites include outerchange.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include transpose, change, reciprocation, counterchange, alternate, exchange.

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