INTERCHANGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does interchange mean?
• INTERCHANGE (noun)
The noun INTERCHANGE has 3 senses:
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)
3. reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries
Familiarity information: INTERCHANGE used as a noun is uncommon.
• INTERCHANGE (verb)
The verb INTERCHANGE has 3 senses:
1. give to, and receive from, one another
2. cause to change places
3. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Familiarity information: INTERCHANGE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• INTERCHANGE (noun)
Meaning:
A junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("interchange" is a kind of...):
junction (the place where two or more things come together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interchange"):
spaghetti junction (a complicated highway interchange with multiple overpasses)
cloverleaf (an interchange that does not require left-hand turns)
Holonyms ("interchange" is a part of...):
highway; main road (a major road for any form of motor transport)
Meaning:
Mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
interchange; give-and-take; reciprocation
Hypernyms ("interchange" is a kind of...):
interaction (a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interchange"):
reciprocity (mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges)
cross-fertilisation; cross-fertilization (interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial)
dealings; traffic (social or verbal interchange (usually followed by 'with'))
Meaning:
Reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
interchange; exchange
Context example:
he earns his living from the interchange of currency
Hypernyms ("interchange" is a kind of...):
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interchange"):
conversion (act of exchanging one type of money or security for another)
barter; swap; swop; trade (an equal exchange)
foreign exchange (the system by which one currency is exchanged for another; enables international transactions to take place)
• INTERCHANGE (verb)
Meaning:
Give to, and receive from, one another
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
exchange; interchange; change
Context examples:
Would you change places with me? / We have been exchanging letters for a year
Hypernyms (to "interchange" is one way to...):
transfer (cause to change ownership)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interchange"):
barter (exchange goods without involving money)
swap; switch; swop; trade (exchange or give (something) in exchange for)
fill in; stand in; sub; substitute (be a substitute)
replace; substitute (put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items)
redeem (to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange)
ransom; redeem (exchange or buy back for money; under threat)
cash; cash in (exchange for cash)
sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)
trade; trade in (turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Cause to change places
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
counterchange; interchange; transpose
Context example:
interchange this screw for one of a smaller size
Hypernyms (to "interchange" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
flip-flop; interchange; alternate; tack; switch; flip
Hypernyms (to "interchange" is one way to...):
change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
