Meaning

2 senses

  1. To give and receive; C; to exchange.

  2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging.

More definitions
  • cause to change places

Origin

From Middle French contrechange (noun), contrechanger (verb).

From Middle French contrechange (noun), contrechanger (verb).

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Forms

counterchanges, counterchanging, counterchanged, counterchanged
Base formcounterchange · to counterchange
3rd person singularcounterchanges
Present participlecounterchanging
Past simplecounterchanged
Past participlecounterchanged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycounterchange
he, she, itcounterchanges

Past simpleLesson

all personscounterchanged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave counterchanged
he, she, ithas counterchanged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill counterchange

Synonyms

5 synonyms
swapC1
to cause to change places:interchange
to checker:checkerfreck
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
counteractcounterbalancecounterclockwisecounterfeit
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