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Verb

1. Make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.

Her life has drastically changed since that night.

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2. Become different; be altered or modified.

the Virginia creeper was just beginning to change from green to gold

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3. Turn or convert (something) from one state, form, or substance into another.

filters change the ammonia into nitrate

4. Turn or be converted from one state, form, or substance into another.

electronic cigarettes use liquid nicotine which changes into vapour when heated

5. Alter in terms of.

We changed direction and ran faster.

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6. (of traffic lights) move from one colour of signal to another.

The traffic lights changed and it sped round the corner.

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7. (of the moon) arrive at a fresh phase; become new.

By this time it was nine days since the moon had changed.

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8. Replace (something) with something else, especially something of the same kind that is newer or better; substitute one thing for (another)

Around the same time, she changed her name to Billie Holiday.

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9. Exchange (something) with someone else, giving one thing and receiving something of the same kind in return.

I offered to change seats with him

10. Engage (a different gear) in a motor vehicle.

he changed into second

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11. Exchange (a sum of money) for the same sum in a different currency or denomination.

Where can I change euros to sterling outside of normal business hours?

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12. Put different clothes on.

give me a moment to change my clothes

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13. Put a clean nappy on (a baby or young child)

I went into the washroom to clean up, and a lady was there changing her baby.

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14. Move to a different train, bus, etc.

Laura and Zoe showed up, we caught the train to Dover and changed there for Canters.

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Noun

1. An act or process through which something becomes different.

The nation that benefits from change is that which adapts the quickest.

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2. The substitution of one thing for another.

You are absolutely, positively in need of a change of scenery.

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3. An alteration or modification.

These changes will result in alterations at executive level.

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4. A new or refreshingly different experience.

couscous makes an interesting change from rice

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5. A clean garment or garments as a replacement for something one is wearing.

The pilots will travel with just a change of clothing, a tent and life raft.

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6. (the change or the change of life) The menopause.

Stress management in the form of daily deep breathing, yoga or prayer can also work wonders as our bodies gear up for the change of life.

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7. The moon's arrival at a fresh phase, typically at the new moon.

A Welsh man told me he came across for a long weekend because he had checked the atmospherics and moon changes.

8. Coins as opposed to banknotes.

Mr. Sanderson dug some change out of his pocket and found a pay phone.

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9. Money given in exchange for the same sum in larger units.

I'd go to the bank and get change

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10. Money returned to someone as the balance of the sum paid for something.

He put the spray can and the key chain into a bag, took her money and gave her change.

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11. (usually changes) An order in which a peal of bells can be rung.

Good methods produce pleasing sequences of musical changes.

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12. A place where merchants met to do business.

Change down

1. Engage a lower gear in a vehicle or on a bicycle.

Under heavy braking, the gearbox changes down flawlessly, giving increased retardation.

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Change off

1. Exchange places or roles with another person.

two slept while the other was on guard duty, we changed off during the night

Change over

1. Move from one system or situation to another.

So, until I was able to change over to production, I had to go to all these Critical Studies classes.

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2. Exchange roles or duties with another person.

nothing happened for the next few hours, except when the teams changed over at midnight

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Change up

1. Engage a higher gear in a vehicle or on a bicycle.

There is a perceptible delay as you ask it to change up or down.

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2. (change something up, change up something) Make something different or do something differently.

he needs to change up his entire training routine

Origin

1. Middle English from Old French change (noun), changer (verb), from late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambire ‘barter’, probably of Celtic origin.

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