step changenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈstep ˌtʃeɪndʒ/us/ˈstep ˌtʃeɪndʒ/mainly UKa change in a situation that is much bigger than usual:
There is a step change taking place in communications technology.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
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
- tide
- transfigure
- twist
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