Word Finder - change

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The process of becoming different.

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The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.

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Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.

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Can I get change for this $100 bill please?

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A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes

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Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.

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A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change.

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Usually coins (as opposed to paper money), but sometimes inclusive of paper money

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Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call.

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A transfer between vehicles.

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The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham.

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A change-up pitch.

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(campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.

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A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.

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A public house; an alehouse.

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To become something different.

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The tadpole changed into a frog.   Stock prices are constantly changing.

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To make something into something else.

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The fairy changed the frog into a prince.   I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit.

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To replace.

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Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb.   After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt.

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To replace one's clothing.

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You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing.   The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started.

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To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).

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It's your turn to change the baby.

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To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)

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To exchange.

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To change hand while riding (a horse).

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to change a horse

Sometimes we have to accept change, if we want to move forward.

He was struck by the change in him.

A person could change a lot in a few years, especially when they were that young.

The cracking and booming of the ice indicate a change of temperature.

Boris kissed Natasha's hand and said that he was astonished at the change in her.

I can't change what I See.

I will be able to change their color.

We think that we can change our clothes only.

It was a huge shift in public opinion in which no group benefited financially; if anything, financial interests were aligned against this change, just as with tobacco.

If you change your mind, you know where to find us then.

It was a change of attitude.

My wife purchased a soft drink; to get some change, she explained.

To that I must entirely change my point of view and study the laws of the movement of steam, of the bells, and of the wind.

But together with this mental change he has grown physically much weaker.

Does that mean I'm supposed to change, or that what I'm wearing is considered casual?

One breakthrough is all it will take to change the world.

Sometimes things happen that change our direction.

You shouldn't change your goals simply because they don't fit into someone else's plans.

Social structures will change, and the purpose of education will be to learn to reason and find one's passion.

I wouldn't change anything.

To study the laws of history we must completely change the subject of our observation, must leave aside kings, ministers, and generals, and study the common, infinitesimally small elements by which the masses are moved.

Maybe that would change, but it would take a while.

Besides, I'd like a change of scene.

This certainly suggests what change is to be made.

Father will not change his mind.

That is a huge change and a force for peace.

Thousands of people research alternative energy because a breakthrough will change the world and make fortunes.

Teacher seems to feel benefitted by the change too; for she is already beginning to look like her dear old self.

Helen felt the change in her mother's movements instantly, and asked, "What are we afraid of?"

Possibly we may withdraw from it, but never change its nature.

Then, full of joy, the musician hastened to Corinth, not stopping even to change his dress.

Already people remark the change in Helen.

To the sick the doctors wisely recommend a change of air and scenery.

Things do not change; we change.

They spoke of the war, and like everyone else unconsciously exaggerated their sorrow about it; they spoke of their last meeting--Nicholas trying to change the subject--they talked of the governor's kind wife, of Nicholas' relations, and of Princess Mary's.

He's trying to change, but it isn't easy.

The sea, however, is said to be blue one day and green another without any perceptible change in the atmosphere.

Let them say what they please, I am not going to change my clothes.

Suddenly a change passed over the tree.

We had to change cars at Philadelphia; but we did not mind it much.

I rarely have dreams that are not in keeping with what I really think and feel, but one night my very nature seemed to change, and I stood in the eye of the world a mighty man and a terrible.

All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.

Cynthia grabbed the opportunity to change the subject.

In the future, something very much like the Amazon suggestion engine, but for all of life, will change that.

The cotton gin, steel ploughs, tractors, combines, and a thousand other inventions would forever change the farm.

If we had had only peasants to fight, we should not have let the enemy come so far, said he with a sense of shame and wishing to change the subject.

Maybe a change was what he needed.

I guess we both had a change of heart, didn't we?

If you don't stand up and demand a change, he'll keep on doing it.

Her legs felt like posts, but she drug one foot in front of another until the ground under her feet seemed to change.