interchange

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams

Definition categories: man–made, junction

2. mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)

Similar word(s): reciprocation

Definition categories: act, interaction

3. the act of changing one thing for another thing

- there was an interchange of prisoners

Similar word(s): exchange

Definition categories: act

4. reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)

- he earns his living from the interchange of currency

Similar word(s): exchange

Definition categories: act, commerce, commercialism, mercantilism

Sentences with interchange as a noun:

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

verb

1. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

- synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning

Similar word(s): exchange, replace, substitute

Definition categories: possession, alter, change, modify

2. give to, and receive from, one another

Similar word(s): change, exchange

Definition categories: possession, transfer

3. cause to change places

- interchange this screw for one of a smaller size

Similar word(s): counterchange, transpose

Definition categories: change, alter, modify

4. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

Similar word(s): alternate, flip, switch, tack

Definition categories: change, reverse, turn

Sentences with interchange as a verb:

- to interchange places

- to interchange cares with pleasures