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English noun: interchange | |||
| 1. | interchange (artifact) a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | junction | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cloverleaf, spaghetti junction | ||
| Part meronym | highway, main road | ||
| 2. | interchange (act) mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) | ||
| Synonyms | give-and-take, reciprocation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | interaction | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cross-fertilisation, cross-fertilization, dealings, reciprocity, traffic | ||
| 3. | interchange (act) the act of changing one thing for another thing | ||
| Samples | Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience. There was an interchange of prisoners. | ||
| Synonyms | exchange | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | group action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | trade-off, tradeoff | ||
| 4. | interchange (act) reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries) | ||
| Samples | He earns his living from the interchange of currency. | ||
| Synonyms | exchange | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barter, conversion, foreign exchange, swap, swop, trade | ||
English verb: interchange | |||
| 1. | interchange (possession) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | exchange, replace, substitute | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | reduce, retool, shift, subrogate, truncate | ||
| 2. | interchange (possession) give to, and receive from, one another | ||
| Samples | Would you change places with me?. We have been exchanging letters for a year. | ||
| Synonyms | change, exchange | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transfer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barter, cash, cash in, fill in, ransom, redeem, redeem, sell, stand in, sub, substitute, swap, switch, swop, trade, trade, trade in | ||
| 3. | interchange (change) cause to change places | ||
| Samples | Interchange this screw for one of a smaller size. | ||
| Synonyms | counterchange, transpose | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| 4. | interchange (change) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | ||
| Synonyms | alternate, flip, flip-flop, switch, tack | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change by reversal, reverse, turn | ||
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