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. (ĭntər-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·changer n. |
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