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      change
      noun
      (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
      (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
      (countable) A replacement.
      (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
      (uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
      (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
      (baseball) A change-up pitch.
      (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
      (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
      verb
      (intransitive) To become something different.
      (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
      (transitive) To replace.
      (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
      (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).
      (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
      (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
      (archaic) To exchange.
      Roots
      cambiochang- · Latin · exchange
      Synonyms for change
      altervalterationnmodifyvshiftnmodificationnvaryvswitchnconvertvinterchangencounterchangevexchangentransformvtransformationntransmogrifyvreshapevadjustv
      Words related to change
      caseatesvcaseatingvbarbarizevachromatizingvtropophilousadjuntunevchangeovernvesiculatevchangefuladjincandescevthermoscopechangerntransmogrificationndecimalizevovermodifyvremodifyvdissimilatevremodificationnsymmetrizevassibilatevchangeableadjalterantadjswitchovertransfern

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