Definitions for changes

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Spelling: [cheynj]

IPA: /tʃeɪndʒ/

Changes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 164 anagrams from letters in changes (aceghns).

Definitions for changes

noun

1. the act or fact of changing; fact of being changed:
2. a transformation or modification; alteration:
3. a variation or deviation:
4. the substitution of one thing for another:
5. variety or novelty:
6. the passing from one place, state, form, or phase to another:
7. Jazz. harmonic progression from one tonality to another; modulation.
8. the supplanting of one thing by another:
9. anything that is or may be substituted for another.
10. a fresh set of clothing.
11. money given in exchange for an equivalent of higher denomination.
12. a balance of money that is returned when the sum tendered in payment is larger than the sum due.
13. coins of low denomination.
14. any of the various sequences in which a peal of bells may be rung.
15. Also, 'change. British. exchange (def 10).
16. Obsolete. changefulness; caprice.

Idioms

1. change front, Military. to shift a military force in another direction.
2. change hands. hand (def 47).
3. change one's mind, to change one's opinions or intentions.
4. ring the changes, to perform all permutations possible in ringing a set of tuned bells, as in a bell tower of a church. to vary the manner of performing an action or of discussing a subject; repeat with variations.

Verb phrases

1. change off, to take turns with another, as at doing a task. to alternate between two tasks or between a task and a rest break.

verb (used with object)

1. to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone:
2. to transform or convert (usually followed by into):
3. to substitute another or others for; exchange for something else, usually of the same kind:
4. to give and take reciprocally; interchange:
5. to transfer from one (conveyance) to another:
6. to give or get an equivalent amount of money in lower denominations in exchange for:
7. to give or get foreign money in exchange for:
8. to remove and replace the covering or coverings of:
9. to remove a dirty diaper from (a baby) and replace it with a clean one:

verb (used without object)

1. to become different:
2. to become altered or modified:
3. to become transformed or converted (usually followed by into):
4. to pass gradually into (usually followed by to or into):
5. to switch or to make an exchange:
6. to transfer between trains or other conveyances:
7. to remove one's clothes and put on different clothes:
8. (of the moon) to pass from one phase to another.
9. (of the voice) to become deeper in tone; come to have a lower register:

Origin of changes

1175-1225; (v.) Middle English cha(u)ngen Anglo-French, Old French changer Late Latin cambiāre, Latin cambīre to exchange; (noun) Middle English cha(u)nge Anglo-French, Old French, noun deriv

Examples for changes

There had been two changes of horses for the others, but Andrew kept to Sally.

Lastly, the re-opening of diplomatic ties between Havana and Washington gives Brazil a chance to push for changes in Cuba.

But it is too early to tell if the changes he helped unleash will prove sustainable, or if they will broadly serve our citizenry.

And more than that—the world is ending because of the changes that many of us see as positive.

Unless there is a court decision that changes our law, we are OK.

There have been changes in our society on issues of sexual and gender justice.

For the purists: A list of changes and corrections to the text.

We strive for peace and security, heartened by the changes all around us.

He regarded the changes of the century exceedingly beneficial.

Restoration calls, however, not for changes in ethics alone.