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What (who) is change - definition
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Changing; Changeableness; Change (album); Change (song); Change (disambiguation); Change (mathematics); Change(album); The Change; The Change (disambiguation); Changing (song); Change (TV series)
change
I. v. a.
1.
Vary, modify, make different, make some change in. See alter.
2.
Shift, remove for other, replace by other.
3.
Exchange, barter, commute, give in exchange.
4.
Give small coin (or bills), in exchange for.
II. v. n.
Alter, vary, shift, veer, turn, undergo change, change about.
III. n.
1.
Alteration, variation, mutation, transition, transmutation, revolution.
2.
Vicissitude, variety, novelty, innovation.
3.
Small coin, small money.
Change
·vt Alteration in the order of a series; permutation.
II. Change ·vt A public house; an Alehouse.
III. Change ·vt A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon.
IV. Change ·vt That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another.
V. Change ·vi To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.
VI. Change ·vi To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better.
VII. Change ·vt Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
VIII. Change ·vt A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.
IX. Change ·vt A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons.
X. Change ·vt Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles.
XI. Change ·vt To give and take reciprocally; to Exchange;
- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another.
XII. Change ·vt Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill.
XIII. Change ·vt To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention.
XIV. Change ·vt To Alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance.
XV. Change ·vt Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due.
change
I
n.
alteration
transition
1) to bring about, effect, make a change
2) to undergo change
3) a drastic, great, marked, momentous, radical, striking, sweeping; long overdue, needed, welcome; quick; sudden change; little change (there was little change in his condition)
4) a change occurs, takes place
5) a change for (a change for the better)
6) a change from; into, to (the change from spring to summer)
7) a change in, of (a change in the weather; changes in personnel; a change of diet; the change of seasons)
8) for a change (let's eat out for a change)
money returned
metal coins
9) to give; make; return change for (can you give me change for a pound?)
10) to count; get, take one's change
11) to keep the change
12) loose; small change
change of clothing
13) to make a change
14) a quick change (to make a quick change)
II
v.
1) to change drastically, radically
2) (D; intr.) ('to transfer') to change for (we must change at the next station for Chicago)
3) (D; tr.) ('to exchange') to change for (to change dollars for pounds)
4) (D; intr.) ('to put on different clothes') to change for (to change for dinner)
5) (D; intr., tr.) ('to be transformed; to transform') to change from; into (the disease changed him from an athlete into an invalid; to change dollars into pounds)
6) (D; intr.) ('to put on different clothes') to change into (to change into smt. less formal)
7) (D; intr., tr.) ('to transfer') to change to (we must change to an express; she changed the appointment to Monday)
8) (D; tr.) ('to exchange') to change with (I would not want to change places with her)
Examples of use of change
1. "‘Change, change, change!‘ they shouted in unison.
2. "Principles don‘t change, circumstances change," he said.
3. Now we must trumpet the need for change; we must demand change; we must lead change.
4. "I have heard the need for change: change in our NHS; change in our schools; change with affordable housing; change to build trust in government; change to protect and extend the British way of life.
5. "There is not change in a good way, there is not a change in our lives." "It is the time to change, a radical change, because the Afghan people ask for this change ... want this change," he said.