interchange : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: interchange	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for interchange
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
interchange n a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) Synonym(s): interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take the act of changing one thing for another thing; "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an interchange of prisoners" Synonym(s): exchange, interchange reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); "he earns his living from the interchange of currency" Synonym(s): exchange, interchange v 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" Synonym(s): substitute, replace, interchange, exchange give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" Synonym(s): exchange, change, interchange cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size" Synonym(s): counterchange, transpose, interchange reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) Synonym(s): interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip- flop
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interchange \In`terchange"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interchanged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interchanging}.] [OE. entrechangen, OF. entrechangier. See {Inter-}, and {Change}.] 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. I shall interchange My waned state for Henry's regal crown. --Shak. 2. To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary; as, to interchange cares with pleasures.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interchange \In`ter*change"\, v. i. To make an interchange; to alternate. --Sir P. Sidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interchange \In`terchange"\, n. [Cf. OF. entrechange.] 1. The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange* of civilities between two persons. [bd]Interchange of kindnesses.[b8] --South. 2. The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or countries; barter; commerce. --Howell. 3. Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling. The interchanges of light and darkness. --Holder. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton.