change
verb
[ tʃeɪn(d)ʒ ]
• make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.
• "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).
• "she decided to change her name"
Similar:
swap,
exchange,
interchange,
substitute,
switch,
commute,
convert,
replace,
rotate,
alternate,
transpose,
trade,
barter,
truck,
• put different clothes on.
• "he changed for dinner"
• move to a different train, bus, etc.
• "we had to change at Rugby"
change
noun
• an act or process through which something becomes different.
• "the change from a nomadic to an agricultural society"
• coins as opposed to banknotes.
• "a handful of loose change"
Similar:
coins,
loose change,
small change,
cash,
petty cash,
coinage,
coin,
coin of the realm,
hard cash,
silver,
copper,
coppers,
gold,
specie,
• an order in which a peal of bells can be rung.
• a place where merchants met to do business.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French change (noun), changer (verb), from late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambire ‘barter’, probably of Celtic origin.
