change

Phonetics

/tʃeɪndʒ/

noun

The process of becoming different.
Example: The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.
Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
Example: Can I get change for this $100 bill please?
A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes
Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
Example: A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change.
Usually coins (as opposed to paper money), but sometimes inclusive of paper money
Example: Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call.
A transfer between vehicles.
Example: The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham.
A change-up pitch.
(campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
A public house; an alehouse.

verb

To become something different.
Example: The tadpole changed into a frog. Stock prices are constantly changing.
To make something into something else.
Example: The fairy changed the frog into a prince. I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit.
To replace.
Example: Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb. After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt.
To replace one's clothing.
Example: You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing. The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started.
To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
Example: It's your turn to change the baby.
To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
To exchange.
To change hand while riding (a horse).
Example: to change a horse

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