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interchanging

interchanging is the present participle and gerund of interchange.

Meaning of interchange

Verb

interchange (third-person singular simple present interchanges, present participle interchanging, simple past and past participle interchanged)

  1. (transitive) to switch (each of two things)
    • to interchange places
    Synonyms:
    exchange
  2. (transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
    • I shall interchange / My waned state for Henry's regal crown.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...
    Synonyms:
    exchange
  3. (intransitive) to swap or change places
    • 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.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 260
  4. (transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary
    • to interchange cares with pleasures
  5. To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).
    • But those 13 miles go through central London, and where the Underground interchanges with Crossrail, its own stations will be boosted and glamorised, especially at Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 274

See all 10 meanings of interchange

Noun

interchanging (plural interchangings)

  1. The act by which things are interchanged.
    • So the science of phonetic metamorphology concerns itself quite largely with interchangings among the sounds of speech.1936, Robert William West, Claude Edgar Kantner, Phonetics, page 162

Forms of interchanging

pluralinterchangings

Questions about interchanging

What does interchanging mean?
Interchanging means the act by which things are interchanged.
What is interchanging the present participle and gerund of?
Interchanging is the present participle and gerund of interchange.
What part of speech is interchanging?
Interchanging is a noun.
What is the plural of interchanging?
The plural of interchanging is interchangings.

Words near interchanging in the dictionary

  1. interchangement
  2. interchangements
  3. interchanger
  4. interchangers
  5. interchanges
  6. interchanging
  7. interchangings
  8. interchannel
  9. interchapter
  10. interchapters
  11. intercharacter

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