change
change
ʧeÉĒnʤ
cheinj
/tʃeÉĒndʒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "change"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻĻāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to make a person or thing different
Transitive: to change sth
to change definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She changed her hairstyle from long to short.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāχāϞ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.1

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻĻāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to not stay the same and as a result become different
Intransitive
to change definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She changed as a person after traveling the world.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.2

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to transition from one state, condition, or form to another
Intransitive: to change into a form or state | to change to a form or state
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The caterpillar changed into a butterfly after undergoing metamorphosis.
āĻļ⧁āρāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻž āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.3

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone or something transition from one state, condition, or form to another
Transitive: to change sth | to change sth into sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The comedian 's jokes changed the mood from somber to joyful
āĻ•āĻŽā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϰāϏāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϜāĻžāϜāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻŖā§āĻŖ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
1.4

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻĻāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to stop being in one position, state, or direction and start being in another
Transitive: to change a quality or state
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bird changed direction in mid-flight.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to substitute one thing for another, particularly something better or newer, but of the same kind
Transitive: to change sth
to change definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He wants to change his financial advisor.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻĒāĻĻ⧇āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
2.1

āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to exchange one's position with that of someone else's, so that one can have what the other person has
Transitive: to change a position or location
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can I change places with you at the dinner table?
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϰ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻŦāĻĻāϞ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ?
2.2

āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to convert the currency of one country to that of another
Transitive: to change a currency
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I need to change my dollars to euros.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĄāϞāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āχāωāϰ⧋āϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
2.3

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ 100 āχāωāϰ⧋āϰ āύ⧋āϟ āĻŦāĻĻāϞāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ 100 āχāωāϰ⧋āϰ āύ⧋āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϖ⧁āϚāϰāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?

to exchange money of high value for the same amount but in coins or bills of lower value
Transitive: to change a sum of money
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you change a â‚Ŧ 100 note?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ 100 āχāωāϰ⧋āϰ āύ⧋āϟ āĻŦāĻĻāϞāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
03

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to put different clothes on
Intransitive
to change definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She likes to change into pajamas as soon as she gets home from work.
āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇āχ āĻĒāĻžāχāϜāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
3.1

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to put clean clothes on a baby or change his or her diaper
Transitive: to change a baby
to change definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you please change the baby while I prepare her bottle?
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§‹āϤāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to move from a vehicle, airplane, etc. to another in order to continue a journey
Intransitive
to change definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We had to change in Chicago to reach our final destination.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ—ā§‹āϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to return what one has bought, particularly due to it being faulty, in order to exchange it with a new one
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to change a purchased item
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I had to change the shirt I bought because it had a hole in it.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻļāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϤāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ

a process or result of becoming different
change definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She noticed a significant change in her friend's behavior lately.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āφāϚāϰāϪ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž

the money that is returned to us when we have paid more than the actual cost of something
change definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As I paid for my bus fare with a larger bill, the driver handed me my change along with the ticket.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

the action of changing something
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ, āϜāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ

a different or fresh set of clothes
05

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϧāύ

a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
06

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāύ

the result of alteration or modification
07

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ

a thing that is different
08

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ, āĻŦ⧈āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āϝ

a difference that is usually pleasant
09

āϖ⧁āϚāϰāĻž, āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āύ

coins of small denomination regarded collectively
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āϖ⧁āϚāϰāĻž āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ

money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

changed
changer
changing
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