Change

/ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯nd͡ʒ/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To become something different..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To become something different.
2. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
3. (transitive) To replace.
4. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
5. (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).
6. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
7. (archaic) To exchange.
8. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).

Example Sentences

The tadpole changed into a frog.

Stock prices are constantly changing.

The fairy changed the frog into a prince.

I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit.

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.

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