to change
- verb
- /tʃeɪndʒ/
- They offered to change the faulty device at no extra cost.
- change jobs
- change the name
- change the flag
There's a difference between changing a tire and kissing, right?
- There's a difference between changing a tire and kissing, right?
- They changed to long term stays, they changed to having experiences.
Examples
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And, if you need anything... or if you change your mind... you have my number.
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Would you like to change your story?
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If you change the things that you hear, you will change the things that you say.
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You know, if you change the air, you change the sound.
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Let me know if you change your mind, okay?
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Now go before I change my mind.
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I can move it all around, change the colors.
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Do you know how much it costs to change the spoke in a wheel?
Fiction book (1992) -
Parties have really changed since I've been away.
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They just changed gate agents.
Synonyms
Put another thing or person in place of one that is broken
To change one thing or person for another
To give something and get something else in return
To give something and get something in return
Change money or measurements into another form
To use one thing or person in place of another
To exchange things so each takes the other's place
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Switching leaders or plans during a project that is already happening when it is risky
Make the situation different so some people have a better chance to win
- Informal
To have a different opinion after seeing new facts or benefits
Phrasal Verbs
Switch to a different television channel by pressing a button or using the remote
Compounds
- Informal
An activity that is different from your normal routine to give you a pleasant break
- Specialized
A medical operation and hormone treatment to make a person's body match the gender they feel
The time when a country's leaders, laws and policies become different after elections or protests
- Specialized
Long-term change in Earth's usual weather and temperature mainly caused by people
- Archaic
Medical treatment with surgery and hormones that helps a person live as a different gender
- Specialized
A change where something changes state or appearance but stays the same substance
- Jargon
An act of replacing the player who throws the ball with another during a baseball game
- Specialized
A process that turns one substance into a different one by changing its atoms or molecules
- Specialized
A material that moves from solid to liquid or gas without making a new substance
- Specialized
A baseball pitch thrown much slower than expected to surprise a batter
- Specialized
A process where matter moves between solid, liquid, and gas without a chemical reaction
- Formal
A one-time payment that a local government asks to handle a request to change how land can be used
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Etymology
Change comes from an old French word changier meaning 'to exchange' or 'swap'. So to change something in this way is to replace it with another of the same kind.