interchange

Pronunciation: /ɪntɚˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
  2. noun mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
  3. noun the act of changing one thing for another thing

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
junction
Narrower (hyponyms)
spaghetti junction, cloverleaf

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