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change

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/

The English word “change” has 19 meanings listed here.

verb

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

noun

  1. The process or result of becoming different.
  2. Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
  3. A replacement.
  4. A replacement of a soiled diaper with a clean one; a diaper change.
  5. Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
  6. An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
  7. A transfer between vehicles.
  8. A change-up pitch.
  9. Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
  10. A public house; an alehouse.

Etymology

From Middle English changen, chaungen, from Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambīre (“to exchange, barter”), derived from the noun cambium (“change”) (whence was loaned the English doublet cambium), from Gaulish cambion, earlier *kambyom (“change”), related to Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂(e)mbos, *(s)kh₂(e)mbos…

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