change

[[t]tʃeɪndʒ[/t]]

v. changed, chang•ing, n.

1) to make different in form:

to change one's name[/ex]

2) to transform (usu. fol. by into):

The witch changed the prince into a toad[/ex]

3) to exchange for another or others:

to change shoes[/ex]

4) to give and take reciprocally:

to change places with someone[/ex]

5) to transfer from one (conveyance) to another

6) to give or get smaller money in exchange for

7) to give or get foreign money in exchange for

8) to remove and replace the coverings or garments of:

to change a bed; to change a baby[/ex]

9) to become different:

The nation's mood has changed[/ex]

10) to become altered or modified:

Colors change when exposed to the sun[/ex]

11) to become transformed (usu. fol. by into):

The toad changed back into a prince[/ex]

12) to pass gradually into (usu. fol. by to or into):

Summer changed to autumn[/ex]

13) to make an exchange

14) to transfer between conveyances

15) to change one's clothes

16) astron. (of the moon) to pass from one phase to another

17) (of the voice) to become deeper in tone

18) cvb phv change off

a) to take turns with another, as at doing a task

b) to alternate between two tasks or between a task and a rest break

19) the act of changing or the result of being changed

20) a transformation or modification:

a change of expression[/ex]

21) a variation or deviation:

a change in one's routine[/ex]

22) the substitution of one thing for another

23) a replacement or substitution

24) a fresh set of clothes

25) variety or novelty:

He's not one who likes change[/ex]

26) the passing from one state, phase, etc., to another:

social change[/ex]

27) mad a modulation in jazz

28) the money returned when the sum offered in payment is larger than the sum due

29) coins of low denomination

30) mad any of the various sequences in which a peal of bells may be rung

31) brit. Brit.

exchange 9)

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- change one's mind

Etymology: 1175–1225; ME < AF, OF changer < LL cambiāre, L cambīre to exchange chang′er, n. syn: change, alter both mean to make a difference in the state or condition of a thing. To change is to make a material or radical difference or to substitute one thing for another of the same kind: to change a lock; to change one's plans. To alter is to make some partial change, as in appearance, but usu. to preserve the identity: to alter a garment; to alter a contract.