change
Meaning of change
verb
- make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.
both parties voted against proposals to change the law
technology and the internet have dramatically changed the way we communicate
fame hasn't changed her one bit
- replace (something) with something else, especially something of the same kind that is newer or better; substitute one thing for (another).
she decided to change her name
I want to change my car for one that's reliable and fun to drive
most people will change jobs several times in their careers
I noticed my rear brake light wasn't working and changed the bulb
- put different clothes on.
he changed for dinner
you should change into some dry clothes
we popped back to the hotel to get changed before heading out for our last night in Paris
Joey went up to his room and changed out of his school clothes
give me a moment to change my clothes
- move to a different train, bus, etc.
we had to change at Rugby
passengers travelling to London will have to change trains in Bristol
- an act or process through which something becomes different.
the change from a nomadic to an agricultural society
activities related to environmental change
- coins as opposed to banknotes.
a handful of loose change
- an order in which a peal of bells can be rung.
- a place where merchants met to do business.
Middle English: from Old French change (noun), changer (verb), from late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambire ‘barter’, probably of Celtic origin.
Information about change
- The plural form of change is: changes.
- Languages in which change is used:
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Hyphenation of change
change
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- change is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
change synonyms
Meaning alteration:
Meaning variety:
Meaning alter:
Meaning switch:
Meaning exchange:
exchange, commute, convert, interchange
Meaning transfer:
Meaning deepen:
Meaning give (one thing) and receive something else in exchange:
Meaning use or add in place of:
Meaning provide a substitute for (something that is broken, old, or inoperative):
Meaning pass to each member of a group in a regularly recurring order:
Meaning occur in turn repeatedly:
Meaning cause (two or more things) to exchange places:
Meaning buy and sell goods and services:
Meaning exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money:
Meaning convey by truck:
Meaning a flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money:
Meaning money in coins or notes, as distinct from cheques, money orders, or credit:
Meaning coins collectively:
Meaning coins made from silver or from a metal that resembles silver:
Meaning a red-brown metal, the chemical element of atomic number 29:
Meaning a yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, used especially in jewellery and decoration and to guarantee the value of currencies:
Meaning money in the form of coins rather than notes:
change antonyms
Meaning have or retain possession of:
Translation of change
- Portuguese: mudar, mudança, substituir, trocado, troco
- French: changer, modifier, changement, monnaie
- Spanish: cambiar, cambiarse, modificación, cambio, mudar, remplazar, reemplazar, efectivo
- Italian: cambiare, mutare, alterare, modificare, modifica, cambiamento, mutamento, alterazione, cambiarsi, convertire, scambiare, commutare, cambio
- German: ändern, verändern, umändern, abändern, modifizieren, Wandel, Änderung, Veränderung, wechseln
Words that rhyme with change
Ange, bange, vendange, leefange, gange, counterchange, exchange, gearchange, hange, interchange, interexchange, orphange, preexchange, preinterchange, rechange, reexchange, reinterchange, shortchange, superexchange, transchange, unchange, Bashilange, Falange, Lange, Malange, Phalange, Solange, alange, boomslange, counterflange, flange, interflange, malange, melange, mlange, phalange, schlange, blancmange, mange, synange, loange, Grange, INRange, Lagrange, Orange, Range, SpectrumOrange, arrange, citrange, coarrange
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