change
变化,改变,更改,变革
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Definitions
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changed, chang·ing.
- : to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name;to change one's opinion;to change the course of history.
- : to transform or convert: The witch changed the prince into a toad.
- : to substitute another or others for; exchange for something else, usually of the same kind: She changed her shoes when she got home from the office.
- : to give and take reciprocally; interchange: to change places with someone.
- : to transfer from one to another: You'll have to change planes in Chicago.
- : to give or get an equivalent amount of money in lower denominations in exchange for: to change a five-dollar bill.
- : to give or get foreign money in exchange for: to change dollars into euros.
- : to remove and replace the covering or coverings of: to change a bed.
- : to remove a dirty diaper from and replace it with a clean one: new parents, learning to change a baby.
Phrases
- change hands
- change horses in midstream, don't
- change off
- change of heart
- change of life
- change of pace
- change one's mind
- change one's stripes
- change one's tune
- change the subject
- for a change
- leopard cannot change its spots
- piece of change
- ring the changes
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
One agency executive said that it would be surprising if advertisers return en masse in early August without commitments to address advertisers’ desired changes.
The government had estimated that the rule changes would cause about 70,000 women, and at most 126,000 women, to lose contraception coverage in one year.
His team’s mandate is to back companies tied to major long-term shifts in areas like climate change and health care.
The picture and the pace at which it was changing were dizzying.
The focus was on low-cost ergonomic changes that reduced physical stress.
Term limits could be a prescription to speed change along.
And as he adjusted to this change in circumstances, he screamed at himself a second time: Wait!
When we meet them, their lives are unfulfilled, and at no point are we convinced their condition will change.
If we want that to change, then all of us have to encourage our legislators to make funding community policing a priority.
Whatever happened overtook them both within a minute or so of that altitude change request, and they were never heard from again.
In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.