interchange
/'intə'tʃeindʤ/
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Definition
Noun:
- A reciprocal exchange: The act of giving one thing and receiving another in return, especially of equivalent value or type.
- An intersection of highways: A road junction, typically on different levels, that allows vehicles to move from one road to another without crossing the path of oncoming traffic.
Verb:
- To exchange two things with each other: To put each of two things in the place of the other.
- To alternate or cause to alternate: To occur or cause to occur in a successive sequence.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- There was a constant interchange of ideas between the two departments.
- The highway interchange is designed to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion.
Verb:
- You can interchange the two modules without affecting the system.
- The film interchanges scenes of past and present to tell its story.
Advanced Usage
"Interchange of views": A discussion where ideas are exchanged.
- The conference facilitated a fruitful interchange of views on climate policy.
"Freely interchangeable": Capable of being exchanged without any difference in function or effect.
- These two components are freely interchangeable.
Variants and Related Words
Interchangeable (adjective): Able to be exchanged with each other.
- The parts are interchangeable, so either one will fit.
Interchangeability (noun): The quality of being interchangeable.
- The design emphasizes the interchangeability of key components.
Synonyms
- Exchange: To give something and receive something else in return.
- Swap: To take part in an exchange.
- Alternate: To occur in turn repeatedly.
Related Phrasal Verbs
(This word is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meanings are typically expressed directly.)
Related Idioms
(There are no common idioms that use the word "interchange" as their core component.)
Noun
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
- he earns his living from the interchange of currency
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience
- there was an interchange of prisoners
- mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
- a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
Verb
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- cause to change places
- interchange this screw for one of a smaller size
- give to, and receive from, one another
- Would you change places with me?
- We have been exchanging letters for a year
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- 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