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{ "term": "change", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "change", "heSheIt": "changes" }, "pastSimple": "changed", "pastParticiple": "changed", "ingForm": "changing" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to become different", "sensetop": "change with something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Rick hasn't changed. He looks exactly the same as he did at school." }, { "text": "We examined changing attitudes towards education." }, { "text": "The company failed to adapt to **changing circumstances**." }, { "text": "Things have **changed dramatically** since then." }, { "text": "Her life changed completely when she won the lottery." }, { "text": "My attitude to life has changed with age.", "contextForm": "change with something" }, { "text": "Social attitudes are changing fast." }, { "text": "Her voice changed subtly." }, { "text": "Jane has changed a lot since she went to college." }, { "text": "Our way of life has changed dramatically over the last ten years." }, { "text": "The language is changing all the time." }, { "text": "The place had changed out of all recognition." }, { "text": "The town has actually changed very little in the last hundred years." } ], "topics": ["Change, cause and effect", "Weather"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "drastically"], "preposition": ["from", "into", "to"], "phrases": ["change out of all recognition"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to make somebody/something different", "sensetop": "change somebody/something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Fame hasn't really changed him." }, { "text": "That experience **changed my life**." }, { "text": "The internet has changed the way people work." }, { "text": "Technology has changed the way people work." }, { "text": "It can be hard to get people to change their habits." }, { "text": "Technology has forever changed the way businesses operate." }, { "text": "This incident changed the whole course of events." } ], "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "drastically"], "preposition": ["from", "into", "to"], "phrases": ["change out of all recognition"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to pass from one state or form into another; to make somebody/something pass from one state or form into another", "sensetop": "change from A to/into Bchange to/into somethingchange A to/into Bchange somebody/something from A to/into B", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Wait for the traffic lights to change." }, { "text": "The lights changed from red to green.", "contextForm": "change from A to/into B" }, { "text": "The lights changed to green.", "contextForm": "change to/into something" }, { "text": "Caterpillars change into butterflies." }, { "text": "With a wave of her magic wand, she changed the frog into a handsome prince.", "contextForm": "change A to/into B" }, { "text": "He managed to change the mood from tense to relaxed in minutes.", "contextForm": "change somebody/something from A to/into B" }, { "text": "Caracas changed from a small town into a busy city." }, { "text": "His anger changed to sadness." } ], "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "drastically"], "preposition": ["from", "into", "to"], "phrases": ["change out of all recognition"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to stop having one state, position or direction and start having another", "sensetop": "change something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Leaves change colour in autumn." }, { "text": "The wind has changed direction." }, { "text": "Our ship changed course." }, { "text": "The fruit changes colour as it ripens." } ], "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to replace one thing, person, service, etc. with something new or different", "sensetop": "change somebody/somethingchange A for Bchange A to B", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I want to change my doctor.", "contextForm": "change somebody/something" }, { "text": "I didn't **change my name** when I got married." }, { "text": "That back tyre needs changing." }, { "text": "We change our car every two years." }, { "text": "The law was changed in 2001." }, { "text": "Don't change the subject!" }, { "text": "We changed the car for a bigger one.", "contextForm": "change A for B" }, { "text": "She decided not to change her name to his.", "contextForm": "change A to B" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to exchange positions, places, etc. with somebody else, so that you have what they have, and they have what you have", "sensetop": "change somethingchange something with somebody", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "At half-time the teams change ends.", "contextForm": "change something" }, { "text": "We asked the waiter if we could change tables." }, { "text": "Can I change seats with you?", "contextForm": "change something with somebody" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to exchange money into the money of another country", "sensetop": "change somethingchange A into B", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I need to change some euros.", "contextForm": "change something" }, { "text": "to change dollars into yen", "contextForm": "change A into B" } ], "topics": ["Money"] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "to exchange money for the same amount in different coins or notes", "sensetop": "change somethingchange A for/into B", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Can you change a £20 note?", "contextForm": "change something" }, { "text": "The storekeeper changed my dollar bill for four quarters.", "contextForm": "change A for/into B" } ], "topics": ["Money"] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "to exchange something that you have bought for something else, especially because there is something wrong with it; to give a customer a new item because there is something wrong with the one they have bought", "sensetop": "change A for Bchange something", "labels": "(British English)", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "This shirt I bought's too small—I'll have to change it for a bigger one.", "contextForm": "change A for B" }, { "text": "Of course we'll change it for a larger size, Madam." }, { "text": "If you bring the dress back with the receipt, you can change it.", "contextForm": "change something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "to go from one bus, train, etc. to another in order to continue a journey", "sensetop": "change something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Where do I have to change?" }, { "text": "Change at Reading (for London)." }, { "text": "I stopped in Moscow only to change planes.", "contextForm": "change something" } ], "topics": ["Transport by bus and train", "Transport by air"] }, { "senseNumber": 11, "definition": "to put on different or clean clothes", "sensetop": "change into somethingchange out of somethingchange something", "labels": "(especially North American English)(especially British English)", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I went into the bedroom to change." }, { "text": "She changed into her swimsuit.", "contextForm": "change into something" }, { "text": "You need to change out of those wet things.", "contextForm": "change out of something" }, { "text": "I didn't have time to **change clothes** before the party." }, { "text": "I didn't have time to **get changed** before the party *(= to put different clothes on)*." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 12, "definition": "to put clean clothes or a clean nappy on a baby", "sensetop": "change somebody/something", "examples": [ { "text": "She can't even change a nappy." }, { "text": "The baby needs changing." }, { "text": "There are baby changing facilities in all our stores." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 13, "definition": "to put clean sheets, etc. on a bed", "sensetop": "change something", "examples": [ { "text": "to change the sheets" }, { "text": "Could you help me change the bed?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to pass to a different owner", "examples": [ { "text": "The house has changed hands several times." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to change to a different or new activity while you are in the middle of something else; to change from supporting one person or thing to another", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to change a decision or an opinion", "examples": [ { "text": "Nothing will make me change my mind." }, { "text": "What made you change your mind?" } ], "topics": ["Preferences and decisions", "Opinion and argument"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be in somebody else’s situation", "examples": [ { "text": "I'm perfectly happy—I wouldn't change places with anyone." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to express a different opinion or behave in a different way when your situation changes", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Wait until it happens to him—he'll soon change his tune." } ], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to start to live or behave in a different way from before", "examples": [ { "text": "He was in trouble with the police as a teenager but now he’s completely changed his ways." }, { "text": "Your father is unlikely to change his ways now." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to keep changing your mind or what you are doing", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "people cannot change their character, especially if they have a bad character", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [ { "text": "You didn’t really expect her to be on time, did you? A leopard can’t change its spots." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/tʃeɪndʒ/", "audio": "ch/change/change__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃeɪndʒɪz/", "audio": "ch/change/changes__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/tʃeɪndʒd/", "audio": "ch/change/changed__gb_3.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/", "audio": "ch/change/changing__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/tʃeɪndʒ/", "audio": "ch/change/change__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃeɪndʒɪz/", "audio": "ch/change/changes__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/tʃeɪndʒd/", "audio": "ch/change/changed__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/", "audio": "ch/change/changing__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French change (noun), changer (verb), from late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambire ‘barter’, probably of Celtic origin." }