change

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  1. 1.

    (intransitive)To become something different.

    The tadpole changed into a frog.

    Stock prices are constantly changing.

  2. 2.

    (ergative, transitive)To make something into something else.

    The fairy changed the frog into a prince.

    I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit.

  3. 3.

    (transitive)To replace.

    Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb.

    After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt.

  4. 4.

    (intransitive)To replace one's clothing.

    You can't go into the dressing room while she’s changing.

    The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started.

  5. 5.

    (transitive)To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).

    It’s your turn to change the baby.

  6. 6.

    (intransitive)To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)

  7. 7.

    (archaic)To exchange.

    I would give any thing to change a word or two with this person.

  8. 8.

    (transitive)To change hand while riding (a horse).

    to change a horse

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
changes
  1. 1.

    (countable, uncountable)The process or result of becoming different.

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

    Such much-needed changes to the exam format might have a serious effect on candidates' performance.

  2. 2.

    (uncountable)Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.

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

  3. 3.

    (countable)A replacement.

    a change of clothes

  4. 4.

    (uncountable)Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.

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

  5. 5.

    (uncountable)An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.

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

    This bus ride requires exact change.

  6. 6.

    (countable)A transfer between vehicles.

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

  7. 7.

    (countable, uncountable)(baseball) A change-up pitch.

  8. 8.

    (countable, uncountable)(campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.

  9. 9.

    (Scotland, countable, dated, uncountable)A public house; an alehouse.

    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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transformationtransitionalteranothermakemodifytransformto make something different alter, modify, make anotherto make something into something different transform

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From Middle English changen, chaungen, from Old French changier, from cambiāre, from Latin cambīre (to exchange, barter), derived from the noun cambium (change) (whence was loaned the English doublet cambium), from cambion, earlier *kambyom (change), related to *kambos (twisted, crooked), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂(e)mbos, *(s)kh₂(e)mbos (crooked). More at skimp, scam;

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