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to interchange

to interchange

3 4.1
To exchange things so each takes the other's place
  • verb
  • /ˌɪntərˈʧeɪndʒ/
translation icon : intercambiar
  • The teacher encouraged students to interchange their essays for peer review before submitting them.

Those verbs interchange in remarkable ways.

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Examples

  • In the meeting, we will interchange ideas about improving customer service.

  • We have to interchange our people among the various countries.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Studies and professors will interchange in pursuing the program.

    Academic text (1990)
  • During school time, the trainees and the mentors are expected to interchange information both before and after the observations.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The instruments are sterilizable, easy to interchange during surgery, and cost-effective to manufacture.

    Academic text (1998)
  • So how might we be able to interchange these attributes such that wealth is equated with good behavior and poverty with selfishness?

    Blog text (11)
  • During the project, we had to interchange the roles of the team members to ensure everyone gained experience.

Synonyms

to switch
vsto interchange
756 2.0

To change one thing or person for another

also covers reciprocal or mutual replacement, not only moving between options
to trade
vsto interchange
588 1.0

To give something and get something else in return

is broader, applying to noncommercial mutual replacements too
to change
vsto interchange
550 1.0

To give something and get something else of the same kind

also includes intentional swapping where both items are exchanged
to exchange
vsto interchange
274 1.8

To give something and get something in return

also covers simple changing or substituting between items or roles
to swap
vsto interchange
119 2.1

To give something and get something else in return

can also mean broader changing or substitution across contexts
to switch over
vsto interchange
17 3.8

Move from one system or method to another

is about substituting items, not primarily changing whole systems
to change over
vsto interchange
12 3.9

To switch from one system, method, or activity to another

focuses more on item substitution rather than process or system shifts
to transpose
vsto interchange
5 6.8

Change the order of things or swap their places

focuses on swapping items themselves, not only their positions or order

Antonyms

1.0

To continue doing something or stay in the same state

210 5.1

Refuse to give something someone wants or needs

Compounds

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Surface Forms

interchange infinitive
interchanged past participle
interchanging present participle
interchanges third person singular

Morphology

interchange = change (transparent) = inter + change

The verb sense is a straightforward prefixation of 'inter-' to 'change', yielding 'to exchange' which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Interchange comes from the parts inter- 'between' and change 'to swap'. So to interchange things is simply to swap or substitute them with each other.