Tra từ change - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

change [change changes changed changing] verb, noun BrE [tʃeɪndʒ] NAmE [tʃeɪndʒ]
verb

BECOME/MAKE DIFFERENT
1. intransitive to become different
• Rick hasn't changed. He looks exactly the same as he did at school.
•changing attitudes towards education
• Her life changed completely when she won the lottery.
2. transitive ~ sb/sth to make sb/sth different
• Fame hasn't really changed him.
• Computers have changed the way people work.
3. intransitive, transitive to pass or make sb/sth pass from one state or form into another
• Wait for the traffic lights to change.
•~ (from A) to/into B The lights changed from red to green.
•Caterpillars change into butterflies.
•~ sb/sth (from A) to/into B With a wave of her magic wand, she changed the frog into a handsome prince.
4. transitive ~ sth to stop having one state, position or direction and start having another
• Leaves change colour in autumn.
• The wind has changed direction.
•Our ship changed course.

REPLACE
5. transitive to replace one thing, person, service, etc. with sth new or different
•~ sb/sth I want to change my doctor.
• That back tyre needs changing.
•~ sb/sth (for sb/sth) We change our car every two years.
•We changed the car for a bigger one.
•~ sth (to sth) Marie changed her name when she got married.
•She changed her name to his.

EXCHANGE
6. transitive (used with a plural object)to exchange positions, places, etc. with sb else, so that you have what they have, and they have what you have
•~ sth At half-time the teams change ends.
• Can we change seats?
•~ sth with sb Can I change seats with you?

CLOTHES
7. intransitive, transitive to put on different or clean clothes
• I went into the bedroom to change.
•~ into sth She changed into her swimsuit.
•~ out of sth You need to change out of those wet things.
•~ sth (especially NAmE)I didn't have time to change clothes before the party.
• (especially BrE)I didn't have time to get changed before the party (= to put different clothes on).

BABY
8. transitive ~ sb/sth to put clean clothes or a clean ↑nappy / ↑diaper on a baby
•She can't even change a nappy.
•The baby needs changing.
•There are baby changing facilities in all our stores.

BED
9. transitive ~ sth to put clean sheets, etc. on a bed
•to change the sheets
•Could you help me change the bed?

MONEY
10. transitive to exchange money into the money of another country
•~ sth Where can I change my traveller's cheques?
•~ sth into sth to change dollars into yen
11. transitive to exchange money for the same amount in different coins or notes
•~ sth Can you change a £20 note?
•~ sth for/into sth to change a dollar bill for four quarters

GOODS
12. transitive ~ sth (for sth) (BrE)to exchange sth that you have bought for sth else, especially because there is sth wrong with it; to give a customer a new item because there is sth wrong with the one they have bought
• This shirt I bought's too small— I'll have to change it for a bigger one.
• Of course we'll change it for a larger size, Madam.

BUS/TRAIN/PLANE
13. intransitive, transitive to go from one bus, train, etc. to another in order to continue a journey
• Where do I have to change?
•Change at Reading (for London).
•~ sth I stopped in Moscow only to change planes.
see also ↑unchanging
more at chop and change at ↑chop _v., a leopard cannot change its spots at ↑leopard, change/swap places at ↑place _n.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French change (noun), changer (verb), from late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambire ‘barter’, probably of Celtic origin.

Thesaurus:
change verb
1. I
•Rick hasn't changed much in 20 years.
alter • • vary • • alternate • • fluctuate • |especially journalism shift • • swing •
change/shift/swing from sth to sth
vary/alternate/fluctuate/swing between A and B
change/alter/vary/fluctuate/shift/swing dramatically/sharply
Change or alter? Alter is often used when sth has changed only slightly; change is more frequent and has a much wider range, often suggesting a complete change to sth important, or sth which is in the process of changing:
•Her life changed completely when she won the lottery.
✗ Her life altered completely.:
•changing attitudes to education
✗ altering attitudes to education
2. T
•IT has changed the way people work.
alter • • adapt • • shift • • vary • • adjust • • revise • • tailor • • modify • • amend •
change/alter/adapt/adjust/revise/modify your ideas
change/alter/shift/adjust/revise/modify your/sb's attitude/opinion
change/alter/shift/vary the emphasis
change/alter/adapt/revise/modify/amend a text
Change or alter? Alter is often used when sth does not change
•It doesn't alter the way I feel.
Change has a much wider range of uses, including particular collocations such as change your mind, change your name and change the subject.
3. I, T
•Caterpillars change into butterflies.
turn • • transform • • convert • • translate • |formal metamorphose • |biology evolve • • mutate •
change/turn/transform sth/convert/metamorphose/evolve/mutate from sth into sth
change/turn/transform sth/convert/evolve/mutate rapidly (into sth)
change/turn/transform sth/convert/evolve quickly/slowly/gradually (into sth)
Change or turn? Change is only used in cases where sth occurs naturally, automatically or by magic. Turn can also be used when people use their effort or skill to change one thing or situation into sth different, or when circumstances change a situation:
•There are plans to turn the old station into a hotel.
✗ There are plans to change the old station into a hotel.:
•A minor disagreement turned into a major crisis.
✗ A minor disagreement changed into a major crisis.
4. T
•Can I change seats with you?
exchange • • swap/swop • • switch • • replace • • substitute • • reverse • • barter • |especially AmE journalism trade •
change/exchange/swap/switch/substitute/barter/trade A for B
change/exchange/swap/trade places
change/replace a battery/bulb/fuse/tyre/wheel
5. T (especially spoken)
•Where can I change my traveller's cheques?
exchange • • cash • • cash sth in •
change/cash traveller's cheques
change/exchange your currency/pounds/dollars into pounds/dollars/the local currency

Example Bank:
•Attitudes to marriage are changing fast.
•Caracas changed from a small town into a busy city.
•Her voice changed subtly.
•His anger changed to sadness.
•Jane has changed a lot since she went to college.
•Our way of life has changed dramatically over the last ten years.
•Technology has forever changed the way businesses operate.
•The language is changing all the time.
•The place had changed out of all recognition.
•The town has actually changed very little in the last hundred years.
•Don't keep changing the subject.
•Fame hasn't really changed him.
•I didn't change my name when I got married.
•I didn't have time to change clothes before the party.
•Information technology has changed the way people work.
•It can be hard to get people to change their habits.
•Rick hasn't changed. He looks exactly the same as he did at school.
•The fruit changes colour as it ripens.
•The storekeeper changed my dollar bill for four quarters.
•This incident changed the whole course of events.
•We examined changing attitudes towards education.
•We needed to change our dollars into the local currency.
•What made you change your mind?
•Where can I change my traveller's cheques?
•With a wave of her wand, she changed the frog into a handsome prince.
Idioms: ↑change for the worse ▪ ↑change hands ▪ ↑change horses in midstream ▪ ↑change of heart ▪ ↑change of mind ▪ ↑change your mind ▪ ↑change your tune ▪ ↑change your ways ▪ ↑get no change out of somebody
Derived: ↑change back ▪ ↑change down ▪ ↑change over ▪ ↑change something back ▪ ↑change something round ▪ ↑change up

noun

DIFFERENCE
1. countable, uncountable ~ (in/to sth) the act or result of sth becoming different
•a change in the weather
•important changes to the tax system
• There was no change in the patient's condition overnight.
• She is someone who hates change.
•social/political/economic change

STH NEW AND INTERESTING
2. a changesingular ~ (from sth) the fact of a situation, a place or an experience being different from what is usual and therefore likely to be interesting, enjoyable, etc
• Finishing early was a welcome change.
• Let's stay in tonight for a change.
•Can you just listen for a change?
•It makes a change to read some good news for once.

REPLACING STH
3. countable ~ (of sth) | ~ (from sth to sth) the process of replacing sth with sth new or different; a thing that is used to replace sth
•a change of address
•a change of government
•a change from agriculture to industry
• There will be a crew change when we land at Dubai.
• (BrE) Let's get away for the weekend. A change of scene (= time in a different place) will do you good.

OF CLOTHES
4. ~ of clothes, etc. countable an extra set of clothes, etc
•She packed a change of clothes for the weekend.
•I keep a change of shoes in the car.

MONEY
5. uncountable the money that you get back when you have paid for sth giving more money than the amount it costs
• Don't forget your change!
• That's 40p change.
•The ticket machine gives change.
6. uncountable coins rather than paper money
• Do you have any change for the phone?
•a dollar in change (= coins that together are worth one dollar)
• I didn't have any small change (= coins of low value) to leave as a tip.
•He puts his loose change in a money box for the children.
•Could you give me change for a ten pound note (= coins or notes that are worth this amount)?

OF BUS/TRAIN/PLANE
7. countable an occasion when you go from one bus, train or plane to another during a journey
•The journey involved three changes.
more at ring in the changes at ↑ring _v., a wind/the winds of change at ↑wind ¹_n.

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French change (noun), changer (verb), from late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambire ‘barter’, probably of Celtic origin.

Thesaurus:
change noun
1. C, U
•a change in the weather
variation • • swing • • fluctuation • • alternation • |written variability • |especially journalism shift •
(a/an) change/variation/swing/fluctuation/alternation/variability/shift in sth
(a) rapid change/fluctuation/alternation/shift
cause (a) change/variation/swing/fluctuations/variability/shift
2. C, U
•a couple of minor changes to the opening paragraph
alteration • • conversion • • amendment • • adjustment • • modification • • revision • • adaptation • • transition • |especially journalism switch •
a/an change/alteration/conversion/amendment/adjustment/modification/revision/adaptation/transition/switch to sth
a/an change/alteration/adjustment/modification/switch in sth
make a(n) change/alteration/amendment/adjustment/modification/revision/adaptation/transition/switch

Synonyms:
money
cash • change
These are all words for money in the form of coins or paper notes.
money • money in the form of coins or paper notes: ▪ I counted the money carefully. ◇ ▪ Where can I change my money into dollars? ◇ ▪ paper money ▪ ▪ (= money that is made of paper, not coins)
cash • money in the form of coins or paper notes: ▪ How much cash do you have on you? ◇ ▪ Payments can be made by cheque or ▪ in cash ▪.
money or cash?
If it is important to contrast money in the form of coins and notes and money in other forms, use cash: ▪ How much money/cash do you have on you? ◇ Payments can be made by cheque or in money. ◇ Customers are offered a discount if they pay money.
change • the money that you get back when you have paid for sth giving more money than the amount it costs; coins rather than paper money: ▪ The ticket machine doesn't give change. ◇ ▪ I don't have any ▪ small change ▪ ▪ (= coins of low value) ▪.
to draw out/get out/take out/withdraw money/cash
ready money/cash (= money that you have available to spend immediately)

Example Bank:
•A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.
•Ask the cashier if she has change for €20.
•Businesses have to adapt to change.
•Courses offered in schools reflect changes in the job market.
•He called for a change of mood in Scottish politics.
•He emptied his pockets of loose change.
•He made a rapid gear change as he approached the bend.
•He needs to show a change in attitude if he is to succeed.
•He said he's not coming, but he might have a change of heart.
•How far does war bring about social change?
•I checked my change before leaving the store.
•I had around £25 in change.
•I made a couple of minor changes to my opening paragraph.
•I need to make some drastic changes in my life.
•I needed a change of scene after being in the job for so long.
•I reckon we've all made a big change for the better.
•I told the taxi driver to keep the change.
•I usually take the bus to school, but today I walked for a change.
•I've got about 25 dollars in change.
•I've seen many changes since I started farming.
•In the current climate of change, adaptability is vital.
•It made a pleasant change not having to work.
•Major economic changes have occurred recently.
•Take a change of clothes in case you get dirty.
•Television has undergone a sea change in the last two years.
•The eighties were a period of great change in publishing.
•The last few years have seen a change in attitudes to single parents.
•The manual work made a welcome change from his previous job as a telephone operator.
•The meal left me with not much change from $200.
•The president realized he could not hold back the tide of change, and resigned.
•The report called for sweeping changes to the health system.
•The research will measure any changes in the children's sleep patterns.
•These policies are designed to combat the effects of climate change.
•These reforms have brought about significant changes in the overall economy.
•This machine does not give change.
•Train times are subject to change without notice.
•We are going to introduce a few changes to the system.
•We resist change because of fear of the unknown.
•Young people are more willing to embrace change.
•net change in incomes
•the change from the old to the new system
•the need for a culture change within the industry
•Can you give me change for a ten pound note?
•Do you have any change for the ticket machine?
•Don't forget your change!
•Finishing early was a welcome change.
•He puts his loose change in a money box for the children.
•I didn't have any small change to leave as a tip.
•Let's stay in tonight for a change.
•That's 40p change.
•The ticket machine doesn't give change.
•There was no change in the patient's condition overnight.
•We need to inform you of important changes to the tax system.
•We're hoping for a change in the weather.
•a dollar in change