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   interchange

   verb

   • 1. (of two or more people) exchange (things) with each other: "superior and subordinates freely interchange information" Similar exchangetradeswapchangebarterbandyreciprocatearchaic:truck
   • ▪ put each of (two things) in the other's place: "the terms are often interchanged" Similar substitutetransposeexchangechangeswitchswap (round)reverseinvertturn about/aroundchange (round)move (around)rearrangereorderreplacesupplant
   • ▪ (of a thing) be able to be exchanged with another: "diesel units will interchange with the petrol ones"

   noun

   • 1. the action of interchanging people or things: "the interchange of ideas" Similar exchangetradingtradeswapswappingbarterbandyinggive and taketraffictraffickingreciprocationreciprocityarchaic:trucksubstitutiontranspositionexchangeswitchswitchingswapswappingreversalinversionchangerearrangementreorderingreplacementreplacingtrade
   • ▪ an exchange of words: "I listened in shock to this venomous interchange"
   • 2. alternation: "the interchange of woods and meadows"
   • 3. a road junction designed on several levels so that traffic streams do not intersect: "turn left at the next interchange" Similar junctionintersectioncrossingturn-offexitcloverleaf
   • 4. a station where passengers may change from one railway line, bus service, etc. to another: "the town's famous rail interchange"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French entrechangier, from entre- ‘between’ + changier ‘to change’.

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