[syn: interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Interchange \In`ter*change"\, v. i.
To make an interchange; to alternate. --Sir P. Sidney.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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 reciprocating or
exchanging (especially information) [syn: interchange,
reciprocation, give-and-take]
3: the act of changing one thing for another thing; "Adam was
promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience";
"there was an interchange of prisoners" [syn: exchange,
interchange]
4: reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially
the currencies of different countries); "he earns his living
from the interchange of currency" [syn: exchange,
interchange]
v 1: 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" [syn: substitute, replace,
interchange, exchange]
2: give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change
places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a
year" [syn: exchange, change, interchange]
3: cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a
smaller size" [syn: counterchange, transpose,
interchange]
4: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn:
interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-
flop]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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