ALL meanings of change
change
C c - verb without object change to pass gradually into (usually followed by to or into): Summer changed to autumn. 1
- verb without object change to switch or to make an exchange: If you want to sit next to the window, I'll change with you. 1
- verb without object change to transfer between trains or other conveyances: We can take the local and change to an express at the next stop. 1
- verb without object change to remove one's clothes and put on different clothes: She changed into jeans. 1
- verb without object change (of the moon) to pass from one phase to another. 1
- verb without object change (of the voice) to become deeper in tone; come to have a lower register: The boy's voice began to change when he was thirteen. 1
- noun change the act or fact of changing; fact of being changed: They are pleased by the change in their son's behavior. 1
- noun change a transformation or modification; alteration: They noticed the change in his facial expression. 1
- noun change a variation or deviation: a change in the daily routine. 1
- noun change the substitution of one thing for another: We finally made the change to an oil-burning furnace. 1
- noun change variety or novelty: Let's try a new restaurant for a change. 1
- noun change the passing from one place, state, form, or phase to another: a change of seasons; social change. 1
- noun change Jazz. harmonic progression from one tonality to another; modulation. 1
- noun change the supplanting of one thing by another: We need a total change of leadership. 1
- noun change anything that is or may be substituted for another. 1
- noun change a fresh set of clothing. 1
- noun change money given in exchange for an equivalent of higher denomination. 1
- noun change a balance of money that is returned when the sum tendered in payment is larger than the sum due. 1
- noun change coins of low denomination. 1
- noun change any of the various sequences in which a peal of bells may be rung. 1
- noun change Also, 'change. British. exchange (def 10). 1
- noun change Obsolete. changefulness; caprice. 1
- idioms change change front, Military. to shift a military force in another direction. 1
- idioms change change hands. hand (def 47). 1
- idioms change change one's mind, to change one's opinions or intentions. 1
- idioms change ring the changes, to perform all permutations possible in ringing a set of tuned bells, as in a bell tower of a church. to vary the manner of performing an action or of discussing a subject; repeat with variations. 1
- noun change (Countable Noun) The process of becoming different. 0
- noun change (Uncountable Noun) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination. 0
- noun change (Countable Noun) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes. 0
- noun change (Uncountable Noun) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item. 0
- noun change (Uncountable Noun) Coins (as opposed to paper money). 0
- noun change (Countable Noun) A transfer between vehicles. 0
- noun change (baseball) A change-up pitch. 0
- noun change (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. 0
- noun change (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange. 0
- noun change (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse. 0
- verb change (Intransitive Verb) To become something different. 0
- verb change (Transitive Verb) (ergative) To make something into something different. 0
- verb change (Transitive Verb) To replace. 0
- verb change (Intransitive Verb) To replace one's clothing. 0
- verb change (Intransitive Verb) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.). 0
- verb change (archaic) To exchange. 0
- verb change (Transitive Verb) To change hand while riding (a horse). 0