interchange Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
  2. noun mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
    reciprocation; give-and-take.
  3. noun the act of changing one thing for another thing
    exchange.
    • Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience
    • there was an interchange of prisoners
  4. noun reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
    exchange.
    • he earns his living from the interchange of currency
  5. verb put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
    exchange; substitute; replace.
    • the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt
    • substitute regular milk with fat-free milk
    • synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning
  6. verb give to, and receive from, one another
    change; exchange.
    • Would you change places with me?
    • We have been exchanging letters for a year
  7. verb cause to change places
    counterchange; transpose.
    • interchange this screw for one of a smaller size
  8. verb reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
    alternate; flip; switch; tack; flip-flop.

WordNet

In`ter*change" transitive verb
Etymology
OE. entrechangen, OF. entrechangier. See Inter-, and Change.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Interchanged ; present participle & verbal noun Interchanging
Definitions
  1. To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly offices and services.
    I shall interchange My waned state for Henry's regal crown. Shak.
  2. To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary; as, to interchange cares with pleasures.
In`ter*change" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make an interchange; to alternate. Sir P. Sidney.
In`ter*change" noun
Etymology
Cf. OF. entrechange.
Definitions
  1. The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange of civilities between two persons. "Interchange of kindnesses." South.
  2. The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or countries; barter; commerce. Howell.
  3. Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling.
    The interchanges of light and darkness. Holder.
    Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. Milton.

Webster 1913