Meaning & Definition of Interchange in English

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. The act of changing one thing for another thing

• "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"

• "There was an interchange of prisoners"

4. Reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)

• "He earns his living from the interchange of currency"

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"

2. Give to, and receive from, one another

• "Would you change places with me?"

• "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

3. Cause to change places

• "Interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"

4. Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)