change
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
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history
hobbies
human-sciences
lifestyle
sciences
sports
Etymology: From Middle English changen, chaungen, from Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambīre (“to exchange, barter”), derived from the noun cambium (“change”) (whence was loaned the English doublet cambium), from Gaulish cambion, earlier *kambyom (“change”), related to Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂(e)mbos, *(s)kh₂(e)mbos (“crooked”). More at skimp, scam; see also Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-.
Cognate with Italian cambiare, Portuguese cambiar, Romanian schimba, Sicilian canciari, Spanish cambiar. Used in English since the 13th century. Displaced Middle English wenden, from wendan (“to turn, change”) (whence wend).
The noun is from Middle English change, chaunge, from Old French change, from the verb changier. See also exchange. Possibly related from the same source is Old English gombe.
Inflected forms:
form: changes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: changing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: changed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: changed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: change
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: change
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: changed
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: change
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: changest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: changed
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: changedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: changes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: changeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: changed
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: change
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: changed
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: change
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: changed
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: change
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: changing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: changed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: changes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To become something different.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The tadpole changed into a frog.
Stock prices are constantly changing.
gloss: To make something into something else.
pos: verb
tags: ergative
transitive
examples: Lo I the man, whoſe Muſe whilome did maske,
As time her taught in lowly Shepheards weeds,
Am now enforſt a far unfitter taske,
For trumpets ſterne to chaunge mine oaten reeds,
And ſinge of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds[…]
KORRIS: They shunned you. Cursed you. Called you vile names, and you knew not why. Even now do you know why you are driven? Why you cannot relent—or repent—or confess—or abstain? How could you know? There have been no other Klingons to lead you to that knowledge.
WORF: Yes—yes—those feelings are still a part of me, but I control them. They do not rule me.
KORRIS: Yes, to fit in, the humans demand you change the one thing that you cannot change. But because you cannot—you do. That too is the mark of the warrior.
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.
Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
The fairy changed the frog into a prince.
I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit.
gloss: To replace.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb.
After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt.
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, boys who had pretended soldiers down through the centuries, now changed their pikes and swords for toy pistols.
gloss: To replace one's clothing.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: You can't go into the dressing room while she’s changing.
The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started.
gloss: To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It’s your turn to change the baby.
gloss: To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: After stopping at these stations, my train has become busy. Returning day-trippers make up a goodly number, along with young people heading for a night out in Bristol, which is where I change once again.
gloss: To exchange.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
examples: At the first sight / they have changed eyes. (exchanged looks)
I would give any thing to change a word or two with this person.
gloss: To change hand while riding (a horse).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to change a horse
gloss: The process or result of becoming different.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
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.
gloss: Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Can I get change for this $100 bill, please?
gloss: A replacement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: 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.
gloss: A replacement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The baby needs a change
gloss: Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change.
gloss: An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call.
This bus ride requires exact change.
gloss: A transfer between vehicles.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: 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.
gloss: A change-up pitch.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.
gloss: A public house; an alehouse.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
countable
dated
uncountable
examples: 1727-1728, Edward Burt, Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London
They call an alehouse a change.
Synonyms: alter
modify
make another
alteration
change
deviation
modification
mutation
permutation
transfiguration
transmutation
variation
Antonyms: conservation
continuance
perpetuation
preservation
Related words: exchange
exact change
alteration
evolution
modification
mutation
plus ça change(, plus c'est la même chose)
reorganization
transformation
alter
Derived words: a leopard cannot change its spots
all change
alter or change
antichange
baby changing station
changeable
change by reversal
change collars
change course
change direction
change down
changeful
change hands
change horses in midstream
change horses in mid-stream
change integrity
change like seasons
change like the seasons
changeling
change one's battery
change oneself
change one's mind
change one's spots
change one's story
change one's tune
change one's ways
change out
change over
change place
change places
change sides
change someone's mind
change someone's tune
change tack
change the channel
change the game
change the leg
change the record
change the subject
change up
changing of the guard
changing pad
changing room
changing table
chop and change
chopping and changing
climate-changing
don't change a winning team
everchanging
ever-changing
get changed
life-changing
money changing
never change a running system
presto change-o
stem-changing verb
the more things change, the more they stay the same
transchange
overchange
rechange
unchange
a change is as good as a rest
and change
baby change
ball change
breaking change
bureau de change
career change
changeability
change agent
change aversion
change bag
change bowler
change key
changeless
change log
changelog
changemaker
changemaking
change management
change of air
change of clothes
change-off
change of heart
change of innings
change of life
change of mind
change of pace
change of scene
change of scenery
change of state
change of tack
change of tune
change of venue
change order
changeout
change parade
changepoint
change purse
change ringing
change-ringing
changeroom
changeset
change table
change-up
change wheel
changiness
charter change
chemical change
chord change
chump change
chump-change
chunk of change
climate change
cool change
costume change
deflection change
fatty change
foldchange
for a change
gear change
Hopey McChange
hour change
keep the change
key change
language change
loose change
megachange
microchange
minimal change disease
multichange
name change
net change
oil change
outerchange
phase change
physical change
pocket change
put the change on someone
quick-change
quick-change artist
rate of change
regime change
sea-change
sea change
seachange
seed change
sex change
sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts
sexual orientation change efforts
shortchange
small change
sound change
spange
spanger
spare change
step change
take your change out of that
technological change
the change
time change
treechange
truck driver's gear change
wind of change
winds of change
Translations:
lang: Bashkir
word: алмаш
roman: almaş
lang: Basque
word: aldaketa
lang: Basque
word: truke
lang: Belarusian
word: заме́на
roman: zamjéna
lang: Belarusian
word: зме́на
roman: zmjéna
lang: Bulgarian
word: смя́на
roman: smjána
lang: Bulgarian
word: замя́на
roman: zamjána
lang: Cornish
word: amendyans
lang: Czech
word: náhrada
lang: Czech
word: záměna
lang: Danish
word: ombytning
lang: Danish
word: udskiftning
lang: Danish
word: skift
lang: Danish
word: omklædning
lang: Dutch
word: vervanging
lang: Dutch
word: wijziging
lang: Dutch
word: wissel
lang: Dutch
word: andere kleren
lang: Finnish
word: vaihto
lang: Galician
word: troco
lang: Galician
word: recambio
lang: Galician
word: muda
lang: Georgian
word: გამოცვლა
roman: gamocvla
lang: Georgian
word: შენაცვლება
roman: šenacvleba
lang: Georgian
word: ჩანაცვლება
roman: čanacvleba
lang: Greek
word: αλλαγή
roman: allagí
lang: Hebrew
word: הַחְלָפָה
roman: hakhlafá
lang: Hungarian
word: csere
lang: Hungarian
word: váltás
lang: Italian
word: cambio
lang: Italian
word: ricambio
lang: Lithuanian
word: pakeitimas
lang: Macedonian
word: замена
roman: zamena
lang: Malayalam
word: മാറ്റം
roman: māṟṟaṁ
lang: Māori
word: whakakapi
lang: Marathi
word: बदल
roman: badal
lang: Middle English
word: chaunge
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: skift
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: skift
lang: Polish
word: zmiana
lang: Polish
word: zamiana
lang: Portuguese
word: troca
lang: Portuguese
word: mudança
lang: Russian
word: заме́на
roman: zaména
lang: Russian
word: сме́на
roman: sména
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: за̑мена
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: за̑мјена
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: zȃmena
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: zȃmjena
lang: Slovene
word: zamenjava
lang: Spanish
word: cambio
lang: Swahili
word: mabadiliko
lang: Swedish
word: ombyte
lang: Tagalog
word: palit
lang: Tagalog
word: kapalit
lang: Tamil
word: மாற்று
roman: māṟṟu
lang: Ukrainian
word: замі́на
roman: zamína
lang: Ukrainian
word: змі́на
roman: zmína