noun
Meaning 1
An act of interchanging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
interchange
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: ĭn'tə(r)chānj
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪntə(ɹ).tʃeɪndʒ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: ĭn'tərchānj
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US: /ˈɪntɚt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
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Received-Pronunciation: ĭntə(r)chānj'
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈtʃeɪndʒ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: ĭntərchānj'
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US: /ɪntɚˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -eɪndʒ
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CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER0 CH EY1 N JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: IH2 N ER0 CH EY1 N JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
Examples
- Holborn tube station is the only interchange between the London Underground Central and Piccadilly Lines.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A back-and-forth interaction; an exchange.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
to switch (each of two things)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to interchange places
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
to swap or change places
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
to alternate; to intermingle or vary
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to interchange cares with pleasures
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reciprocation, give-and-take
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interaction
Narrower terms: reciprocity, cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation, dealings, traffic
noun
Meaning 12
reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he earns his living from the interchange of currency
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exchange
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
Narrower terms: conversion, barter, swap, swop, trade, foreign exchange
noun
Meaning 13
the act of changing one thing for another thing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience
- there was an interchange of prisoners
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exchange
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: group action
Narrower terms: tradeoff, trade-off
noun
Meaning 14
a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: junction
Narrower terms: cloverleaf, spaghetti junction
verb
Meaning 15
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change by reversal, turn, reverse
verb
Meaning 16
cause to change places
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- interchange this screw for one of a smaller size
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: counterchange, transpose
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
Meaning 17
give to, and receive from, one another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Would you change places with me?
- We have been exchanging letters for a year
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exchange, change
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transfer
Narrower terms: sell, cash, cash in, ransom, redeem, substitute, sub, stand in, fill in, trade, swap, swop, switch, barter, trade in
verb
Meaning 18
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: substitute, replace, exchange
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: shift, reduce, truncate, retool, subrogate
History
Etymology
From Old French entrechange, by surface analysis, inter- + change.
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: смяна (smjana) — act of interchanging
- Bulgarian: размяна (razmjana) — act of interchanging
- Finnish: vaihto — act of interchanging
- Macedonian: размена (razmena) — act of interchanging
- Russian: взаимозаме́на (vzaimozaména) — act of interchanging
- Russian: обме́н (obmén) — act of interchanging
- Russian: чередова́ние (čeredovánije) — act of interchanging
- Spanish: intercambio — act of interchanging
- Spanish: intercambios — act of interchanging
- Tagalog: panawiran — act of interchanging
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܚܠܦܵܐ (maḥlpā) — junction between two limited-access highways
- Bulgarian: детелина (detelina) — junction between two limited-access highways
- Czech: mimoúrovňová křižovatka — junction between two limited-access highways
- Dutch: knooppunt — junction between two limited-access highways
- Dutch: verkeersknooppunt — junction between two limited-access highways
- Dutch: verkeerswisselaar — junction between two limited-access highways
- Farefare: loorepallegĩŋa — junction between two limited-access highways
- Farefare: looresoregĩŋa — junction between two limited-access highways
- Finnish: eritasoliittymä — junction between two limited-access highways
- French: échangeur autoroutier — junction between two limited-access highways
- French: échangeur routier — junction between two limited-access highways
- French: échangeur — junction between two limited-access highways
- German: Autobahnkreuz — junction between two limited-access highways
- German: Autobahndreieck — junction between two limited-access highways
- German: Knoten — junction between two limited-access highways
- Hebrew: מֶחְלָף (mekhláf) — junction between two limited-access highways
- Indonesian: simpang susun — junction between two limited-access highways
- Japanese: ジャンクション (jankushon) — junction between two limited-access highways
- Macedonian: клучка (klučka) — junction between two limited-access highways
- Macedonian: јазол (jazol) — junction between two limited-access highways
- Malay: persimpangan — junction between two limited-access highways
- Polish: węzel — junction between two limited-access highways
- Portuguese: trevo rodoviário — junction between two limited-access highways
- Russian: у́зел (úzel) — junction between two limited-access highways
- Spanish: intercambio vial — junction between two limited-access highways
- Spanish: intercambio viario — junction between two limited-access highways
- Vietnamese: nút giao — junction between two limited-access highways
- Catalan: enllaç — junction between a limited-access highway and surface street
- Dutch: aansluiting — junction between a limited-access highway and surface street
- Farefare: kẽ'a-yɛsga — junction between a limited-access highway and surface street
- French: sortie — junction between a limited-access highway and surface street
- French: échangeur — junction between a limited-access highway and surface street
- German: Anschlussstelle — junction between a limited-access highway and surface street
- Japanese: インターチェンジ (intāchenji) — junction between a limited-access highway and surface street
- Japanese: インター (intā) — junction between a limited-access highway and surface street
- Spanish: intercambio vial — junction between a limited-access highway and surface street
- Spanish: intercambio viario — junction between a limited-access highway and surface street
- Vietnamese: nút giao — junction between a limited-access highway and surface street
- Chinese Mandarin: 交換 /交换 (jiāohuàn) — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Chinese Mandarin: 轉車 /转车 (zhuǎnchē) — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Chinese Mandarin: 倒車 /倒车 (dǎochē) — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Chinese Mandarin: 換乘站 /换乘站 (huànchéngzhàn) — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Finnish: vaihto — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Finnish: risteysasema — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Japanese: 乗換駅 (norikae'eki) — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Japanese: 接続駅 (setsuzokueki) — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Macedonian: клучка (klučka) — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Macedonian: јазол (jazol) — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Polish: rozjazd — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Russian: переса́дка (peresádka) — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Russian: развя́зка (razvjázka) — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Spanish: transbordo — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Spanish: transbordos — rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
- Bulgarian: сменям (smenjam) — to switch
- Cornish: keschanjya — to switch
- Macedonian: разменува (razmenuva) — to switch
- Macedonian: сменува (smenuva) — to switch
- Portuguese: trocar — to switch
- Portuguese: permutar — to switch
- Portuguese: intercambiar — to switch
- Spanish: intercambiar — to switch
- Spanish: reemplazar — to switch
- Bulgarian: разменям (razmenjam) — to swap
- Cornish: keschanjya — to swap
- Macedonian: разменува (razmenuva) — to swap
- Spanish: intercambiar — to swap
- Spanish: reemplazar — to swap
- Welsh: ymgyfnewid — to swap
- Bulgarian: редувам (reduvam) — to alternate
- Macedonian: редува (reduva) — to alternate
- Portuguese: alternar — to alternate
Real reading context