Interchange

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interchange \In`ter*change"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Interchanged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interchanging}.] [OE.
     entrechangen, OF. entrechangier. See {Inter-}, and {Change}.]
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     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.
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              I shall interchange
              My waned state for Henry's regal crown. --Shak.
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     2. To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary;
        as, to interchange cares with pleasures.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interchange \In`ter*change"\, v. i.
     To make an interchange; to alternate. --Sir P. Sidney.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interchange \In`ter*change"\, n. [Cf. OF. entrechange.]
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     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.
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     2. The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or
        countries; barter; commerce. --Howell.
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     3. Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling.
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              The interchanges of light and darkness. --Holder.
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              Sweet interchange
              Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
                                                    --Milton.
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     4. An intersection between highways, having two or more
        levels and a series of connecting roadways so that traffic
        on one highway may pass over or under the other highway
        without crossing through the line of traffic, and vehicles
        may pass from one highway to the other while traffic on
        both highways continues uninterrupted. A common
        interchange is the {cloverleaf}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  interchange
       n 1: a junction of highways on different levels that permits
            traffic to move from one to another without crossing
            traffic streams
       2: mutual interaction; the activity of interchanging or
          reciprocating [syn: {reciprocation}, {give-and-take}]
       3: reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially
          the currencies of different countries; "he earns his
          living from the interchange of currency" [syn: {exchange}]
       v 1: give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change
            places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a
            year" [syn: {exchange}, {change}]
       2: cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a
          smaller size" [syn: {counterchange}, {transpose}]
       3: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: {tack},
           {switch}, {alternate}, {flip}, {flip-flop}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  233 Moby Thesaurus words for "interchange":
     ESP, access, accord, agency, agree, agree with, aisle, alley,
     alternate, alternation, ambulatory, answer, aperture, arcade,
     artery, avenue, bandy, barter, bartering, be in connection,
     be in contact, be quits with, boomerang, brokerage, buy and sell,
     buying and selling, change, channel, chime in with, cloister,
     coact, coaction, colonnade, comeback, commerce, commerce with,
     commune with, communicate, communication, communion, commute,
     compensate, complementary distribution, concurrence, conduction,
     conduit, congress, connection, contact, contagion, convection,
     conversation, converse, cooperate, cooperation, correspond,
     correspondence, corridor, cotton to, counter, counterblast,
     counterblow, counterchange, counterstroke, covered way, deal,
     deal with, dealing, dealings, defile, delivery, deportation,
     diapedesis, diffusion, dissemination, do business, doing business,
     dovetail, empathize, engage, engagement, exchange, exit, export,
     exportation, expulsion, extradition, fall in with, ferry, ford,
     gallery, get along, get along with, get back at, get even with,
     get on with, give and take, give in exchange, give-and-take, handy,
     harmonize, harmonize with, have dealings with, have intercourse,
     have truck with, hold communication, horse trading, horse-trade,
     identify with, import, importation, information, inlet, interact,
     interaction, intercommunicate, intercommunication, intercommunion,
     intercourse, interlace, interlacing, intermesh, intermeshing,
     interplay, intersection, intertwine, intertwining, interweave,
     interweaving, interwork, interworking, jobbing, junction, lane,
     linguistic intercourse, logroll, merchandising, mesh, meshing,
     message, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, migration,
     mortise, mutual transfer, opening, osmosis, outlet, overpass, pass,
     passage, passageway, passing over, pay back, perfusion, permute,
     portico, quid pro quo, railroad tunnel, reciprocate, reciprocation,
     recoil, reply, requite, respond, respond to, response, retailing,
     retaliate, retaliation, retort, return, return the compliment,
     reverse, seesaw, sing in chorus, social intercourse, speak,
     speaking, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, spread,
     spreading, swap, swap horses, swapping, switch, sympathize,
     take in exchange, talk, talking, telepathy, tit for tat, touch,
     trade, trade in, trade off, trade sight unseen, trading, traffic,
     traffic with, trafficking, traject, trajet, transduction, transfer,
     transfer of property, transference, transfusion, transit,
     transition, translation, translocation, transmigration,
     transmigration of souls, transmission, transmittal, transmittance,
     transplacement, transplantation, transposal, transpose,
     transposition, travel, truck, tunnel, two-way communication,
     underpass, understand one another, wheeling and dealing,
     wholesaling