to change
- verb
- /ʧeɪndʒ/
- Even his voice changes when he's down here with us.
- voice changes
- voice changes pitch
And and you know, and you know, their voice will change that that tends to be permanent.
- And and you know, and you know, their voice will change that that tends to be permanent.
Examples
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When they said goodbye, his voice changed, got a little soft and sad.
Fiction book (1993) -
- When I was 13, my body started changing.
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So I could change my voice, change how fast I talk, change my tone.
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And my whole tone of voice changes 'cause I could say, what did you mean?
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An' I think his voice is changing.
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And your voice changes overtime in that.
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Recent developments in changing-voice theory can help adolescent boys and girls sing "through the change."
Academic text (1999) -
During puberty, his voice began to change and became deeper over time.
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As she matured, her singing voice started to change, becoming richer and fuller.
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I noticed that my brother's voice had begun to change after just a few months.
Synonyms
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 Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Change comes from an old French word changier meaning 'to make different' or 'swap'. So when a voice changes it becomes different in tone, for example becoming lower during puberty.