changeverb
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/change verb (BECOME DIFFERENT)
A1 [ T ] to exchange one thing for another thing, especially of a similar type:
A2 [ I or T ] to make or become different:
B1 [ I or T ] UK US exchange to take something you have bought back to a shop and exchange it for something else:
B1 to form a new opinion or make a new decision about something that is different from your old one:
to improve:
to improve the bad parts of your behaviour:
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- He said that he hadn't seen the traffic light change to red.
- They all tried to persuade him to change his decision.
- We don't expect the economic situation to change anytime soon.
- It sounds to me like you ought to change jobs.
- The weather in the hills can change very quickly, so take suitable clothing.
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Changing
- a new broom sweeps clean idiom
- about-turn
- alter
- alternate
- alternation
- bastardize
- convert
- fluid
- move on
- move the goalposts idiom
- move with the times idiom
- new
- new broom
- onto
- swing
- transfigure
- transform
- transitional
- transmogrify
- transmute
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change verb (TRANSPORT)
A2 [ I or T ] to get off a train, bus, etc. and catch another in order to continue a journey:
More examples
- This train will terminate at the next stop - passengers who wish to continue should change trains.
- You should stay on the train until Manchester and then change.
- The only thing I'm worried about is changing trains at Kings Cross.
- You'll have to change buses when you get into Victoria, but your next bus doesn't leave for half an hour.
- It's an awkward trip - you have to change several times.
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Travelling
- backpacking
- bum around (somewhere)
- catch
- connect
- cover
- cruise
- destination
- direct
- gad about/around (somewhere)
- gallivant
- override
- ply
- road
- roam
- tootle
- tourist class
- travel
- travelled
- voyage
- well travelled
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change verb (MONEY)
A2 [ T ] to get or give money in exchange for money, either because you want it in smaller units, or because you want the same value in foreign money:
More examples
- Can you change a tenner for two fivers?
- You can't pay in English money. You'll have to change some money at the bank.
- I need to change some of these travellers cheques.
- Will they change money at the hotel?
- He kindly changed my foreign currency for me.
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Banks
- bank
- building society
- central bank
- clearing house
- credit
- credit union
- deposit
- e-bank
- exchange rate
- financial services
- foreign exchange
- gnome
- investment bank
- merchant bank
- pay
- personal identification number
- savings and loan association
- statement
- the IMF
- thrift
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change verb (CLOTHES/BEDS)
A2 [ I or T ] to remove one set of clothes and put a different set on yourself or a young child, especially a baby, or to remove dirty sheets from a bed and put clean ones on it:
More examples
- You are going to change, aren't you? You can't go in those tatty old jeans.
- When did you last change the linen on the children's beds?
- I hadn't even changed when our first guests arrived, so Jeff had to cope on his own.
- I usually insist that he changes out of his work clothes before dinner.
- Can you make sure your brother doesn't walk in when I'm changing?
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Putting clothes on
- arrayed
- bundle
- bundle (sb) up
- doll
- doll yourself up
- dolled up
- dress
- fitting
- fling
- fling sth on/off
- get yourself/sb up
- glam
- glam (yourself) up
- rig
- rig sb out
- slip
- slip into sth
- throw
- throw sth on
- try sth on
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change verb (WIND/SEA)
[ I ] When the wind or the tide (= the rise and fall of the sea) changes, it starts to move in a different direction:
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Floods, tides & currents
- backwash
- come
- current
- ebb
- eddy
- flooded
- floodgate
- flooding
- floodplain
- high tide
- high water mark
- inundate
- low-water mark
- neap tide
- overfall
- tidal
- undertow
- water
- waterlogged
- whirlpool
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change verb (SPEED)
[ I or T ] US usually shift to put a vehicle into a different gear, usually in order to change the speed at which it is moving:
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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- back sth up
- boxed in
- bump start
- bus driver
- car seat
- carve
- corner
- dip
- driver
- driving
- foot
- manoeuvring
- motor
- motorist
- mph
- pull away
- running costs
- scorch
- turning circle
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Idiom(s)
Phrasal verb(s)
changenoun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/change noun (BECOMING DIFFERENT)
A2 [ C or U ] the act of becoming different, or the result of something becoming different:
B1 [ S ] something that is pleasant or interesting because it is unusual or new:
a new situation:
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- The minister has announced that there will be no change in government policy.
- The holiday was a welcome change.
- A lot of people were caught out by the sudden change in the weather.
- You're not planning a change of career, are you?
- The country is crying out for a change in leadership.
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Change and changes
- a change is as good as a rest idiom
- adjustment
- alteration
- blip
- changeover
- drift
- ebb
- fluctuate
- gradation
- metamorphosis
- modulate
- paradigm shift
- perversion
- punctuated equilibrium
- sea change
- shake-up
- speciation
- step change
- tide
- vicissitudes
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change noun (MONEY)
A2 [ U ] money in the form of coins rather than notes:
[ U ] smaller units of money given in exchange for larger units of the same amount:
A2 [ U ] the money that is returned to someone who has paid for something that costs less than the amount that they gave:
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- Here's your change, darling.
- She delved into her pocket to find some change.
- He fumbled in his pockets for some change.
- He carefully pocketed his change.
- "Have you got any change?" "Sorry, I've only got a five-pound note.
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Payment methods
- ATM card
- baksheesh
- bank card
- bill
- blank cheque
- cash
- cash card
- cashpoint card
- certified cheque
- direct debit
- giro
- gratuity
- hush money
- per annum
- piece
- small change
- standing order
- sweetener
- traveller's cheque
- voucher
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change noun (CLOTHES)
[ C ] the action of putting on different clothes:
A2 a set of clothes as well as the ones that you are wearing:
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Putting clothes on
- arrayed
- bundle
- bundle (sb) up
- doll
- doll yourself up
- dolled up
- dress
- fitting
- fling
- fling sth on/off
- get yourself/sb up
- glam
- glam (yourself) up
- rig
- rig sb out
- slip
- slip into sth
- throw
- throw sth on
- try sth on
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change noun (TRANSPORT)
[ C ] the action of getting off a train, bus, etc. and catching another in order to continue a journey:
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Travelling
- backpacking
- bum around (somewhere)
- catch
- connect
- cover
- cruise
- destination
- direct
- gad about/around (somewhere)
- gallivant
- override
- ply
- road
- roam
- tootle
- tourist class
- travel
- travelled
- voyage
- well travelled
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