(~s, changing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If there is a ~ in something, it becomes different.
The ambassador appealed for a ~ in US policy...
What is needed is a ~ of attitude on the part of architects...
There are going to have to be some drastic ~s...
In Zaire political ~ is on its way...
1998 was an important year for everyone: a time of ~.
N-VAR: usu with supp
see also sea ~
2.
If you say that something is a ~ or makes a ~, you mean that it is enjoyable because it is different from what you are used to.
It is a complex system, but it certainly makes a ~...
Do you feel like you could do with a ~?
N-SING approval
3.
If you ~ from one thing to another, you stop using or doing the first one and start using or doing the second.
His doctor increased the dosage but did not ~ to a different medication...
He ~d from voting against to abstaining.
VERB: V to n, V from -ing/n to
4.
When something ~s or when you ~ it, it becomes different.
We are trying to detect and understand how the climates ~...
In the union office, the mood gradually ~d from resignation to rage...
She has now ~d into a happy, self-confident woman...
They should ~ the law to make it illegal to own replica weapons...
Trees are changing colour earlier than last year...
He is a ~d man since you left...
A changing world has put pressures on the corporation.
= alter
VERB: V, V from n to n, V into n, V n, V n, V-ed, V-ing
5.
To ~ something means to replace it with something new or different.
I paid ?80 to have my car radio fixed and I bet all they did was ~ a fuse...
If you want to ~ your doctor there are two ways of doing it.
VERB: V n, V n
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Change is also a noun.
A ~ of leadership alone will not be enough.
N-COUNT: oft a N of n
6.
When you ~ your clothes or ~, you take some or all of your clothes off and put on different ones.
Ben had merely ~d his shirt...
They had allowed her to shower and ~...
I ~d into a tracksuit...
I’ve got to get ~d first. I’ve got to put my uniform on.
VERB: V n, V, V into/out of n, get V-ed
7.
A ~ of clothes is an extra set of clothes that you take with you when you go to stay somewhere or to take part in an activity.
He stuffed a bag with a few ~s of clothing.
N-COUNT: N of n
8.
When you ~ a bed or ~ the sheets, you take off the dirty sheets and put on clean ones.
After changing the bed, I would fall asleep quickly...
I ~d the sheets on your bed today.
VERB: V n, V n
9.
When you ~ a baby or ~ its nappy or diaper, you take off the dirty one and put on a clean one.
She criticizes me for the way I feed or ~ him...
He needs his nappy ~d.
VERB: V n, V-ed
10.
When you ~ buses, trains, or planes or ~, you get off one bus, train, or plane and get on to another in order to continue your journey.
At Glasgow I ~d trains for Greenock...
We were turned off the train at Hanover, where we had to ~.
VERB: V n, V
11.
When you ~ gear or ~ into another gear, you move the gear lever on a car, bicycle, or other vehicle in order to use a different gear. (BRIT; in AM, use shift )
The driver tried to ~ gear, then swerved...
He looked up into the mirror as he ~d through his gears.
VERB: V n, V prep
12.
Your ~ is the money that you receive when you pay for something with more money than it costs because you do not have exactly the right amount of money.
‘There’s your ~.’—‘Thanks very much.’...
They told the shopkeeper to keep the ~.
N-UNCOUNT
13.
Change is coins, rather than paper money.
Thieves ransacked the office, taking a sack of loose ~...
The man in the store won’t give him ~ for the phone unless he buys something.
N-UNCOUNT
see also small ~
14.
If you have ~ for larger notes, bills, or coins, you have the same value in smaller notes, bills, or coins, which you can give to someone in ex~.
The courier had ~ for a ?10 note.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N for n
•
If you make ~, you give someone smaller notes, bills, or coins, in ex~ for the same value of larger ones.
PHRASE
15.
When you ~ money, you ex~ it for the same amount of money in a different currency, or in smaller notes, bills, or coins.
You can expect to pay the bank a fee of around 1% to 2% every time you ~ money...
If you travel frequently, find an agency that will ~ one foreign currency directly into another.
VERB: V n, V n into n
16.
If you say that you are doing something or something is happening for a ~, you mean that you do not usually do it or it does not usually happen, and you are happy to be doing it or that it is happening.
Now let me ask you a question, for a ~...
Liz settled back in her seat, comfortably relaxed, enjoying being driven for a ~.
PHRASE: PHR with cl
17.
to ~ for the better: see better
to ~ hands: see hand
a ~ of heart: see heart
to ~ your mind: see mind
to ~ places: see place
to ring the ~s: see ring
to ~ the subject: see subject
to ~ tack: see tack
to ~ your tune: see tune
to ~ for the worse: see worse