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Added 9 October 2026

interchange

/ɪntə(ɹ)ˈtʃeɪndʒ/ verb

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about interchange at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

to switch (each of two things)
to interchange places
to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
to swap or change places

noun

An act of interchanging.
A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.

Origin

From Old French entrechange, by surface analysis, inter- + change.

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