change

Definitions


[tʃeɪn(d)ʒ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make (someone or something) different; alter or modify
(e.g: both parties voted against proposals to change the law)

- replace (something) with something else, especially something of the same kind that is newer or better; substitute one thing for (another)
(e.g: she decided to change her name)

- put different clothes on
(e.g: he changed for dinner)

- move to a different train, bus, etc.
(e.g: we had to change at Rugby)


Phrases:
- a change is as good as a rest
- a change of air
- a change of heart
- change address
- change colour
- change hands
- change one's mind
- change one's tune
- change places
- change sides
- change step
- change the subject
- for a change
- get no change out of
- ring the changes

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French change (noun), changer (verb), from late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambire ‘barter’, probably of Celtic origin


[tʃeɪn(d)ʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act or process through which something becomes different
(e.g: the change from a nomadic to an agricultural society)

- coins as opposed to banknotes
(e.g: a handful of loose change)

- an order in which a peal of bells can be rung

- a place where merchants met to do business


Phrases:
- a change is as good as a rest
- a change of air
- a change of heart
- change address
- change colour
- change hands
- change one's mind
- change one's tune
- change places
- change sides
- change step
- change the subject
- for a change
- get no change out of
- ring the changes

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French change (noun), changer (verb), from late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambire ‘barter’, probably of Celtic origin




definition by Oxford Dictionaries