interchange
pronunciation
How to pronounce interchange in British English:
UK [ˈɪntətʃeɪndʒ , ˌɪntəˈtʃeɪndʒ]
How to pronounce interchange in American English:
US [ˈɪntərtʃeɪndʒ , ˌɪntərˈtʃeɪndʒ]
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- Noun:
- a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
- mutual interaction; the activity of interchanging or reciprocating
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries
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- Verb:
- give to, and receive from, one another
- cause to change places
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Word Origin
- interchange (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French entrechangier, from entre- (see inter-) + changier "to change" (see change (v.)). Related: Interchanged; interchanging.
- interchange (n.)
- 1540s, "act of exchange, from Old French entrechange, from entrechangier (see interchange (v.)). In reference to a type of road junction, 1944.
Example
- 1. Itwas on telex systems that today 's electronic data interchange developed .
- 2. The walls also contain the american standard code for information interchange .
- 3. What followed was a remarkable interchange that went on for several hours .
- 4. The mma 's extensible music file ( xmf ) format encapsulates standard midi files with dls and other content for synchronized playback and file interchange .
- 5. There are two common xml-based syndication formats for feeds and other data interchange on the web : atom and rss .