interchange

[v. in-ter-cheynj; n. in-ter-cheynj] /v. ˌɪn tərˈtʃeɪndʒ; n. ˈɪn tərˌtʃeɪndʒ/
verb (used with object), interchanged, interchanging.
1.
to put each in the place of the other:
to interchange pieces of modular furniture.
2.
to cause (one thing) to change places with another; transpose.
3.
to give and receive (things) reciprocally; exchange:
The twins interchanged clothes frequently.
4.
to cause to follow one another alternately; alternate:
to interchange business cares with pleasures.
verb (used without object), interchanged, interchanging.
5.
to occur by turns or in succession; alternate.
6.
to change places, as two persons or things, or as one with another.
noun
7.
an act or instance of interchanging; reciprocal exchange:
the interchange of commodities.
8.
a changing of places, as between two persons or things, or of one with another.
9.
alternation; alternate succession.
10.
a highway intersection consisting of a system of several different road levels arranged so that vehicles may move from one road to another without crossing the streams of traffic.
Origin
1325-75; inter- + change; replacing Middle English entrechaungen < Middle French entrechangier
Related forms
interchanger, noun
preinterchange, noun
Examples from the web for interchange
  • There is a balance between the human drama and the world around it, and that interchange is so beautifully done.
  • After the interchange of several letters my father finally capitulated, although he said it went sorely against his conscience.
  • First of all, settlement is not really relevant for genetic interchange.
  • Their separation from each other is too big for an interchange of matter.
  • That's all you need to establish a viable colony and allow for reasonable interchange of people and commerce.
  • Today this small human interchange would probably be welcomed.
  • There had long been an interchange of material between the two species.
  • Frequent also is the call to the dance, question and answer and rustic interchange of satire.
  • For nothing is really more delightful than a return of affection, and the mutual interchange of kind feeling and good offices.
  • The interchange was also facilitated by the habit of indicating a word's function or construction by its position in the sentence.
British Dictionary definitions for interchange

interchange

verb (ˌɪntəˈtʃeɪndʒ)
1.
to change places or cause to change places; alternate; exchange; switch
noun (ˈɪntəˌtʃeɪndʒ)
2.
the act of interchanging; exchange or alternation
3.
a motorway junction of interconnecting roads and bridges designed to prevent streams of traffic crossing one another
Derived Forms
interchangeable, adjective
interchangeability, interchangeableness, noun
interchangeably, adverb
Word Origin and History for interchange
v.

late 14c., from Old French entrechangier, from entre- (see inter-) + changier "to change" (see change (v.)). Related: Interchanged; interchanging.

n.

1540s, "act of exchange, from Old French entrechange, from entrechangier (see interchange (v.)). In reference to a type of road junction, 1944.