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change::verb | Spocien Dictionary

change
verb
/tʃeɪndʒ/
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
Type Words
Synonyms shift, switch
Has types transition, surf, break, shift, jump, diphthongise, channel-surf, diphthongize, leap, cut
Verb group convert, exchange, commute


The car changed lanes.

change::verb | Spocien Dictionary

change
verb
/tʃeɪndʒ/
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Type Words
Synonyms alter, modify
Has types clot, externalise, externalize, fasten, fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fecundate, feminise, feminize, fertilise, fertilize, fill, fill out, fill up, fix, flatten, flesh out, flocculate, form, fortify, freeze, frenchify, freshen, full, gear up, gelatinise, gelatinize, get, glamorise, glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glorify, grace, grime, habituate, harmonise, harmonize, harshen, heat, heat up, hide, hue, humanise, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialise, immaterialize, immortalise, immortalize, impact, impart, improve, inactivate, incandesce, incapacitate, increase, indispose, individualise, individualize, industrialise, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, inspissate, insulate, intensify, interchange, internationalise, internationalize, intransitivise, intransitivize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamise, islamize, isomerise, isomerize, lace, laicise, laicize, land, legitimate, lend, lessen, let up, liberalise, liberalize, lifehack, lift, lighten, lighten up, liquefy, liquidise, liquidize, liquify, loose, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetise, magnetize, make, make clean, make full, make grow, mark, market, masculinise, masculinize, match, mature, mechanise, mechanize, meliorate, merge, militarise, militarize, mince, mingle, minify, misdirect, mix, moderate, morph, muddy, mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize, nationalise, nationalize, naturalise, naturalize, nazify, neutralise, neutralize, nick, normalise, normalize, obfuscate, objectify, obliterate, obnubilate, obscure, occidentalise, occidentalize, officialise, officialize, opacify, opalise, opalize, opsonize, orientalise, orientalize, ornament, ossify, outmode, overcloud, overturn, oxidate, oxidise, oxidize, oxygenise, oxygenize, paganise, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, perplex, personalise, personalize, pervert, piggyback, plasticise, plasticize, plump, plump out, poison, polarise, polarize, politicise, politicize, port, prepare, pressurise, pressurize, profane, professionalise, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purge, purify, put, radicalize, raise, rarefy, rarify, rationalise, rationalize, ready, reclaim, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, rectify, redact, redo, redress, reestablish, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, reinstate, relax, remodel, renormalise, renormalize, replace, restore, retard, reverse, revolutionise, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticise, romanticize, round, round down, round off, round out, rouse, rusticate, sanctify, sanitise, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematise, schematize, scramble, sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize, sentimentalise, sentimentalize, set, set aside, set up, sex up, sexualise, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shoal, shorten, simplify, slenderise, slenderize, slow down, smut, sober, socialise, socialize, soften, soil, solemnise, solemnize, solvate, speed, speed up, spice, spice up, spike, spiritualize, sputter, stabilise, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, straighten out, strengthen, string, subdue, sublimate, substitute, subtilize, suburbanise, suburbanize, subvert, suspend, supercharge, supple, sweeten, switch, symmetrise, symmetrize, synchronise, synchronize, tame, temper, tender, tenderise, tenderize, tense, terminate, territorialise, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, touch on, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivise, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, undo, unfit, uniformise, uniformize, unify, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize, untie, untune, urbanise, urbanize, validate, vaporise, variegate, vascularise, vascularize, veil, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, virilise, virilize, visualise, visualize, vitalise, vitalize, vitiate, vitrify, vivify, void, volatilise, volatilize, vulgarise, vulgarize, wake, wake up, waken, warm, weaken, weaponize, westernise, westernize, wet, widen, womanize, worsen, accelerate, accustom, acerbate, acetylate, acetylise, acetylize, achromatise, achromatize, activate, add, adjust, adorn, aerate, affect, age, aggravate, alchemise, alchemize, alcoholise, alcoholize, alienate, alkalinise, alkalinize, allegorise, allegorize, alter, amalgamate, ameliorate, amend, americanise, americanize, angulate, animalise, animalize, animate, animise, animize, antiquate, antique, archaise, archaize, arouse, arterialise, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automate, automatise, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarise, barbarize, bear on, bear upon, beautify, bedim, beef up, begrime, bemire, bestialise, bestialize, bestow, better, blear, blind, blister, blot out, blunt, blur, boil, bolshevise, bolshevize, break, break down, break up, brighten, bring, brutalise, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralise, centralize, change intensity, change over, change taste, charge, chasten, check, chill, chord, circularize, civilise, civilize, clarify, classicise, classicize, clean, clear, cloud, coagulate, coarsen, cohere, collimate, colly, color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize, commercialise, commercialize, commix, communise, communize, commute, compensate, complicate, concentrate, condense, confuse, constitutionalise, constitutionalize, contaminate, contract, contribute, conventionalise, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, cool down, correct, corrupt, counterchange, crack, crush, cry, customise, customize, cut, damage, darken, de-emphasise, de-emphasize, deactivate, deaden, deaminate, deaminize, debase, debauch, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralise, decentralize, decimalise, decimalize, deconcentrate, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, defog, deform, degauss, dehydrogenate, delay, demagnetise, demagnetize, demist, democratise, democratize, demonise, demonize, demoralise, demoralize, demulsify, demythologise, demythologize, denationalise, denationalize, denaturalise, denaturalize, denature, deodorise, deodorize, deodourise, depersonalise, depersonalize, depolarise, depolarize, deprave, depress, desensitise, desensitize, destabilise, destabilize, destress, detransitivise, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilise, devilize, diabolise, diabolize, digitalise, digitalize, digitise, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, disaffect, disarray, discolor, disenable, disharmonize, disintegrate, dismiss, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, dissonate, disturb, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, dope, draw, drop, dry, dry out, dull, dynamise, dynamize, ease off, ease up, edit, edit out, effeminise, effeminize, elaborate, elevate, embellish, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, energise, energize, envenom, equal, equalise, equalize, equate, eroticize, estrange, eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, etherealize, etherialise, etiolate, europeanise, europeanize, evaporate, even, even out, exacerbate, exasperate, exchange, excite, expand, extend, exteriorise, exteriorize
Derivation changer


The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue.

change::verb | Spocien Dictionary

change
verb
/tʃeɪndʒ/
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
Type Words
Synonyms commute, convert, exchange
Type of replace
Has types capitalise, launder, rectify, capitalize, break, utilize
Verb group switch, shift


He changed his name.

change::noun | Spocien Dictionary

change
noun
/tʃeɪndʒ/
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
Type Words
Synonyms alteration, modification
Type of happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
Has types mutation, relief, retardation, chromosomal mutation, revolution, scintillation, separation, sex change, shift, conversion, shimmer, damage, death, decease, deceleration, slowing, sparkling, decrease, deformation, moderation, sublimation, surprise, destabilization, detachment, development, acceleration, loss of consciousness, lessening, increase, drop-off, easing, variation, expiry, vagary, fluctuation, twinkle, genetic mutation, transformation, impairment, nativity, play, avulsion, birth, break, breakup, nascency, nascence, harm, transmutation, transition


the change was intended to increase sales.
this storm is certainly a change for the worse.

change::verb | Spocien Dictionary

change
verb
/tʃeɪndʒ/
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
Type Words
Synonyms alter, vary
Has types alternate, avianise, avianize, branch out, break, broaden, widen, adapt, accommodate, crackle, diversify, honeycomb, jump, let out, modulate, move, narrow, narrow down, radiate, specialise, specialize, take in


her mood changes in accordance with the weather.

change::verb | Spocien Dictionary

change
verb
/tʃeɪndʒ/
give to, and receive from, one another
Type Words
Synonyms exchange, interchange
Type of transfer
Has types sub, fill in, trade, barter, switch, swop, redeem, cash in, cash, swap, substitute, sell, trade in, ransom, stand in


Would you change places with me?.

change::verb | Spocien Dictionary

change
verb
/tʃeɪndʒ/
become deeper in tone
Type Words
Synonyms deepen


His voice began to change when he was 12 years old.

change::verb | Spocien Dictionary

change
verb
/tʃeɪndʒ/
change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
Type Words
Synonyms transfer
Type of go, locomote, travel, move


She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast.

change::noun | Spocien Dictionary

change
noun
/tʃeɪndʒ/
a difference that is usually pleasant
Type Words
Synonyms variety
Type of difference


it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic.

change::noun | Spocien Dictionary

change
noun
/tʃeɪndʒ/
a different or fresh set of clothes
Type Words
Type of wear, vesture, article of clothing, wearable, clothing, habiliment


she brought a change in her overnight bag.

change::noun | Spocien Dictionary

change
noun
/tʃeɪndʒ/
a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
Type Words
Type of relation
Has types gradient, difference


he attributed the change to their marriage.

change::noun | Spocien Dictionary

change
noun
/tʃeɪndʒ/
a thing that is different
Type Words
Type of thing


he inspected several changes before selecting one.

change::verb | Spocien Dictionary

change
verb
/tʃeɪndʒ/
change clothes; put on different clothes
Type Words
Type of get dressed, dress
Verb group switch, shift

change::noun | Spocien Dictionary

change
noun
/tʃeɪndʒ/
coins of small denomination regarded collectively
Type Words
Type of coin


he had a pocketful of change.

change::noun | Spocien Dictionary

change
noun
/tʃeɪndʒ/
money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
Type Words
Type of hard cash, cash, hard currency


he got change for a twenty and used it to pay the taxi driver.

change::verb | Spocien Dictionary

change
verb
/tʃeɪndʒ/
remove or replace the coverings of
Type Words
Type of replace


Father had to learn how to change the baby.
After each guest we changed the bed linens.

change::noun | Spocien Dictionary

change
noun
/tʃeɪndʒ/
the action of changing something
Type Words
Type of action
Has types flux, diversification, updating, change of magnitude, movement, turning, downshift, move, reorientation, alteration, adjustment, change of shape, change of direction, reversal, satisfaction, rollover, filtration, decimalisation, decimalization, exchange, change of integrity, variation, variegation, demotion, volte-face, switching, switch, metrication, substitution, entail, nationalization, metrification, modification, motility, communization, simplification, communisation, policy change, promotion, reduction, about-face, motion, change of state, conversion, commutation, shift, secularization, secularisation, nationalisation, adulteration, relocation


the change of government had no impact on the economy.
his change on abortion cost him the election.

change::noun | Spocien Dictionary

change
noun
/tʃeɪndʒ/
the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
Type Words
Type of cash, hard cash, hard currency


I paid with a twenty and pocketed the change.

change::noun | Spocien Dictionary

change
noun
/tʃeɪndʒ/
the result of alteration or modification
Type Words
Type of effect, consequence, outcome, upshot, issue, event, result
Has types depolarisation, depolarization


there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs.
there had been no change in the mountains.

change::verb | Spocien Dictionary

change
verb
/tʃeɪndʒ/
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Type Words
Has types narrow, find, check, ulcerate, flip, flip out, flocculate, regenerate, fly, fold, fold up, regress, climb up, clinker, form, format, rejuvenate, foul, collapse, founder, transform, relax, color, freshen, vascularise, freshen up, frost over, colour, undergo, soften, gel, come, come around, come in, come round, gelatinise, reorient, gelatinize, get, commute, normalise, complexify, get dressed, get used to, give, concretise, concretize, give out, give way, conjugate, conk out, normalize, contract, repress, glass, glass over, glaze, convert, glaze over, solarise, resume, cool, go, cool down, cool off, go bad, go out, solarize, crack, gradate, crash, creolize, crumble, reticulate, grow, cure, gum, damage, darken, reverse, dawn, harden, synthesize, take, deaden, obsolesce, have, obtain, decalcify, decarboxylate, decay, occult, take on, rise, hush, hydrate, opacify, hydrolyse, decrepitate, hydrolyze, deepen, defervesce, ice over, ice up, deform, roll, roll up, take up, undulate, vascularize, democratise, warm up, democratize, spot, incandesce, oxidate, incur, run, stabilise, oxidise, indurate, industrialise, oxidize, industrialize, salinate, transmute, yield, deoxidise, deoxidize, depart, stabilize, saponify, pall, stagnate, vulcanise, desalinate, desalinise, desalinize, desalt, part, pass, introject, destabilise, steepen, destabilize, transpire, stiffen, vesiculate, ionise, develop, ionize, plasticise, transpose, plasticize, isomerise, die, digest, isomerize, jump, dilapidate, dim, keratinise, keratinize, play out, vulcanize, stratify, discolor, discolour, leave, strengthen, tighten, dissimilate, turn, liberalise, distil, distill, separate, liberalize, acetylate, divide, acetylise, sequester, acetylize, sublimate, prim, lighten, acquire, produce, lighten up, dress, drift, sublime, adopt, drop, professionalise, dry, dry out, professionalize, dull, promote, alkalinise, warm, alkalinize, loosen, settle, pull up stakes, suburbanise, purify, suburbanize, americanise, americanize, shade, make, animalise, ramify, animalize, suffuse, shallow, vaporise, superannuate, transaminate, recede, mat, arrange, mat up, receive, ascend, matt-up, assibilate, matte, assimilate, assume, matte up, mature, shear, recombine, shift, barbarise, barbarize, mellow, mellow out, melt, become flat, metamorphose, evaporate, mildew, evolve, turn on, shoal, reduce, experience, vitrify, swing, modernise, boil, modernize, fail, fall, break, fall for, break down, break into, fall in, modify, mold, reflate, brutalise, brutalize, move, calcify, felt, felt up, capacitate, feminise, carbonate, caseate, catch, catch on, move up, cave in, feminize, change by reversal, change form, change integrity, mutate, change magnitude, refresh, change posture, change shape, change state, change surface, smoothen, refreshen


She changed completely as she grew older.
The weather changed last night.

Examples of change

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The bigger change is that many VC blogs saw a drop in audience across the board.
From the techcrunch.com
We know the climate change is real, and we need fact-based discussions about it.
From the techcrunch.com
Another change in election law allows absentee ballots to be open to all voters.
From the dailyherald.com
However, he said a family health issue last month caused him to change his mind.
From the dailyherald.com
In November, a frustrated Obama decided to change his national-security adviser.
From the newsweek.com
There will be at least one change on the St. Louis Rams'coaching staff for 2011.
From the stltoday.com
Washinigton said Guerrero's input wasn't needed in Washington's change of heart.
From the stltoday.com
She has no income, job or car, and can't afford a divorce lawyer or name change.
From the desmoinesregister.com
It was a tragic, missed opportunity to bring about regime change in North Korea.
From the washingtontimes.com
More examples
  • An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
  • Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
  • Undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
  • A relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event; "he attributed the change to their marriage"
  • The action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
  • Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
  • Change! is the second full-length album by the Black Swans. It is a follow up to 2004's Who Will Walk in the Darkness with You? and their 2006 EP, Sex Brain. Harp Magazine described the album as a tip of the hat to Charles Simic, the Left Banke, and Fred Neil. ...
  • Changu00E9 may refer to the following places in France:
  • Change was an Italian-American post-disco group formed in Bologna, Italy in 1979 by businessman and executive producer Jacques Fred Petrus (1949u20131986) and Mauro Malavasi (1957). They were heavily influenced by legendary disco band Chic.
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