interchange
See also: interchangé
English
Etymology
From Old French entrechange.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪndʒ
- Verb
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭntə(r)chānj', IPA(key): /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈtʃeɪndʒ/
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- (US) enPR: ĭntərchānj', IPA(key): /ɪntɚˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
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- Noun
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭn'tə(r)chānj, IPA(key): /ˈɪntə(ɹ).tʃeɪndʒ/
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- (US) enPR: ĭn'tərchānj, IPA(key): /ˈɪntɚt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
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Verb
interchange (third-person singular simple present interchanges, present participle interchanging, simple past and past participle interchanged)
- (transitive) to switch (each of two things)
- to interchange places
- (transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
- c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene vii]:
- I shall interchange / My waned state for Henry's regal crown.
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- (intransitive) to swap or change places
- 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 260:
- The poem is written in an alef-lamed, bet-nun acrostic form. This is a formula of permutation of letters wherein the first interchanges with the twelfth, the second with the thirteenth, etc.
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- (transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary
- to interchange cares with pleasures
- (transport) To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 274:
- But those 13 miles go through central London, and where the Undergroundinterchanges with Crossrail, its own stations will be boosted and glamorised, especially at Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road.
- 2020 March 25, William Barter, “HS2: Euston or Old Oak Common?”, in Rail, page 59:
- The expectation is that about one-third of passengers will choose to interchange at Old Oak, while two-thirds will prefer to travel on to Euston.
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Synonyms
- (to switch each of two things): exchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch
- (to mutually give and receive something): exchange, trade; See also Thesaurus:trade
- (to change places):
- (to alternate): See also Thesaurus:alternate or Thesaurus:mix
Translations
to switch
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to swap
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to alternate
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Noun
interchange (countable and uncountable, plural interchanges)
- An act of interchanging.
- 2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport:
- That was one of three superb saves Hennessey made in the opening 45 minutes, the best of which was from Dzeko, who had been released by a slick interchange involving Silva and Sergio Aguero.
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- A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
- (rail transport) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.
- Holborn tube station is the only interchange between the London Underground Central and Piccadilly Lines.
- 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:
- Moving on again, I catch another GWR Class 802 bound for Oxford via the Cotswold Line. Our first stop is at one of the newest stations on the network - Worcestershire Parkway, which opened on February 23. It's a four-platform (actually three-platform) split-level interchange with the line from Birmingham to Bristol.
Usage notes
Generally the rail transport sense of "interchange" applies to connections within the same station, or from two close-by stations. Sometimes, especially within the context of public transport in London, "interchange" is restricted to within-station connections only with outerchange used for those that involve leaving the station.
Antonyms
- (rail transport): outerchange (in some contexts only, see usage notes)
Derived terms
- electronic data interchange
- system interchange
- transport interchange
Translations
act of interchanging
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highway junction
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rail transport: connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport
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References
- “interchange”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.