Word Meaning

change definition and meaning

v. t. 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.
v. t. 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.
v. t. To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another.
v. t. Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill.
v. i. To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better.
v. i. To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.
v. t. Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles.
v. t. A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons.
v. t. A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon.
v. t. Alteration in the order of a series; permutation.
v. t. That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another.
v. t. Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due.
v. t. A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.
v. t. A public house; an alehouse.
v. t. Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.

Crossword clues for change

- Alter
- Alter; revise
- Alteration
- changeover
- Conversion
- Convert
- Convert is to be executed in church
- Loose coins
- Put right
- Refashion
- Reorganise
- vagary