Meaning of change | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To become something different
2. The process of becoming different.
   countable, uncountable
3. change, shift
4. To make something into something else
5. Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
   uncountable
6. To pass from one owner to another.
7. gear (of a motor vehicle)
8. To replace
9. To reverse a previously held opinion or an earlier decision.
10. exchange rate
11. A replacement.
    countable
12. To replace one's clothing
13. To alter one's approach or attitude.
14. over
15. Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
    uncountable
16. To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone)
17. change one's mind, to modify or reverse one's opinions or intentions.
18. first-person singular present indicative of cambiar
19. An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
    uncountable
20. constructive metabolism.
21. A transfer between vehicles.
    countable
22. misoneism.
23. A change-up pitch.
    countable, uncountable
24. the process of an agent that affects a chemical or other reaction without being itself changed or affected. See also decaying. — catalyst, n.
25. Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
    countable, uncountable
26. the chemical and physical processes in an organism by which protoplasm is produced, sustained, and then decomposed to make energy available. Also, Rare. metaboly. — metabolize, v.
    Rare
27. A public house; an alehouse.
    Scotland, countable, dated, uncountable
28. change in form, structure, shape, appearance, etc. See also geology. — metamorphic, adj.
    adj
29. a change of form or type.

Equivalents

Examples

“The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.”

“Cause people often talk about being scared of change / But for me I'm more afraid of things staying the same”

“Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.”

“Can I get change for this $100 bill, please?”

“a change of clothes”

“After beating champions Chelsea 3-1 on Boxing Day, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger made eight changes to his starting XI in an effort to freshen things up, with games against Birmingham and Manchester City to come in the next seven days.”

“A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change.”

“Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call.”

“This bus ride requires exact change.”

“The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham.”

“It [the Elizabeth Line] will provide a 6tph (trains per hour) service and with a single change at Hayes & Harlington offer services towards Reading.”

“Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.”

“1727-1728, Edward Burt, Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London They call an alehouse a change.”

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