in·ter·change
(ĭn′tər-chānj′)v. in·ter·changed, in·ter·chang·ing, in·ter·chang·es
v.tr.1. To switch each of (two things) into the place of the other.
2. To give and receive mutually; exchange.
3. To cause to succeed each other in a series or pattern; alternate: interchanged gold and silver beads in the bracelet.
v.intr.1. To change places with each other.
2. To succeed each other; alternate.
n. (ĭn′tər-chānj′)1. The act or process of interchanging.
2. A highway intersection that employs ramps and overpasses or underpasses to permit traffic to move freely from one road to another without crossing another line of traffic.
[Middle English
enterchaungen, from Old French
entrechangier,
to change :
entre-,
between (from Latin
inter-; see
inter-) +
changier,
to change; see
change.]
in′ter·chang′er n.
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interchanger
(ˌɪntəˈtʃeɪndʒə) na person or thing that interchanges
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