“changes” is a form of
change
/ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ verb, noun
Forms changes changing changed changest changedst changeth
- verb (intransitive) To become something different. “The tadpole changed into a frog.”
- verb (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else. “The fairy changed the frog into a prince.”
- verb (transitive) To replace. “Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb.”
- verb (intransitive) To replace one's clothing. “You can't go into the dressing room while she’s changing.”
- verb (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone). “It’s your turn to change the baby.”
- verb (transitive) To replace the sheets on (a bed) with fresh clean ones.
- verb (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
- verb (archaic) To exchange.
- noun (countable, uncountable) The process or result of becoming different. “The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.”
- noun (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination. “Can I get change for this $100 bill, please?”
- noun (countable) A replacement. “a change of clothes”
- noun A replacement of a soiled diaper with a clean one; a diaper change. “The baby needs a change”
- noun (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase. “A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change.”
- noun (uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money. “Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call.”
- noun (countable) A transfer between vehicles. “The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham.”
- noun (baseball) A change-up pitch.
Synonyms
transform alter modify make another transition transformation alteration deviation modification mutation permutation transfiguration transmutation variation variety vary switch shift exchange commute convert interchange transfer deepen
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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 (“crooked”). More at skimp, scam; see also Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-.
Cognate with Italian cambiare, Portuguese cambiar, Romanian schimba, Sicilian canciari, Spanish cambiar. Used in English since the 13th century. Displaced Middle English wenden, from wendan (“to turn, change”) (whence wend).
The noun is from Middle English change, chaunge, from Old French change, from the verb changier. See also exchange. Possibly related from the same source is Old English gombe.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance.
- verb To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention.
- verb To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better.
- verb To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.
Etymology [F. changer, fr. LL. cambiare, to exchange, barter, L. cambire. Cf. Cambial.]
Etymology [F. change, fr. changer. See Change. v. t.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “change”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details