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Change

noun
/tʃeɪndʒ/
Word Frequency: 236.2

Definitions

1.nounThe process of becoming different.
"The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it."
2.nounSmall denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
"Can I get change for this $100 bill please?"
3.nounA replacement, e.g. a change of clothes
4.nounBalance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
"A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change."
5.nounUsually coins (as opposed to paper money), but sometimes inclusive of paper money
"Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call."
6.nounA transfer between vehicles.
"The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham."
7.nounA change-up pitch.
8.noun(campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
9.nounA place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
10.nounA public house; an alehouse.
11.verbTo become something different.
"The tadpole changed into a frog.   Stock prices are constantly changing."
12.verbTo make something into something else.
"The fairy changed the frog into a prince.   I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit."
13.verbTo replace.
"Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb.   After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt."
14.verbTo replace one's clothing.
"You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing.   The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started."
15.verbTo replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
"It's your turn to change the baby."
16.verbTo transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
17.verbTo exchange.
18.verbTo change hand while riding (a horse).
"to change a horse"

Synonyms

transformationtransitionalteranothermakemodifytransformalterationconvertinterchangevarymodification

Rhymes With

strangerangeinterchangeexchangearrangeestrangederangeshortchange
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