to change
- verb
- /tʃeɪndʒ/
- I need to change trains at the next station to reach my destination.
Now, I want to change gears here for a moment.
- Now, I want to change gears here for a moment.
- And then with navigating autopilot, you can change lanes, take highway interchanges.
- In some instances, it is in the best interests of a child to change schools.
Examples
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We'll keep doing sets of 50 till it's time to change stations.
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Students habitually need to change from one group to another quickly, safely, and quietly.
Academic text (2006) -
When it arrived, he turned down the volume and changed the channel.
Fiction book (1998) -
You were changing planes in Dallas.
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Remember that you will have to change at Kouvola for the train to Joensuu.
Fiction book (1992) -
Make sure to change buses at the terminal if you want to go downtown.
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During the trip, we will change our itinerary to include more sightseeing.
Synonyms
To change one thing or person for another
To change from one vehicle to another during a trip
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
How Direct
Surface Forms
Etymology
Change comes from an old French word changier meaning 'to exchange' or 'swap'. So to change trains or buses is to move from one to another during a journey.