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verb
- undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- change clothes; put on different clothes
- become deeper in tone
- remove or replace the coverings of
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- give to, and receive from, one another
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
- (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- (intransitive) To become something different.
- (transitive) To replace.
- (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
- (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).
noun
- the action of changing something
- a thing that is different
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
- a different or fresh set of clothes
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
- coins of small denomination regarded collectively
- the result of alteration or modification
- the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
- (uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
- (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
- (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- (countable) A replacement.
- (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
verb
adj
- (geometry) (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)
- Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
- (anatomy) Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
noun
verb
- To change or transform (something).
- To change, to transform.
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
- undergo development or evolution
- work out
- gain through experience
noun
- The act of altering or making different.
- A minor adjustment to clothing, such as hemming or shortening, to make it fit better.
- The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
noun
- The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.
- The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
- (biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
- (linguistics) The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
- (linguistics) A change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
- slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
verb
noun
- An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.
- (architecture) An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a molding and a soffit.
- a narrow groove beside a beading
- a strange attitude or habit
verb
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
noun
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
verb
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- (intransitive) To become different.
- make an alteration to
- insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- remove the ovaries of
- (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- (transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
- (ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.
noun
verb
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- be subject to change in accordance with a variable
- make something more diverse and varied
- be at variance with; be out of line with
- (intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
- (intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.
- (of the members of a group, intransitive) To display differences.
- (transitive, music) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation.
- (transitive) To change with time or a similar parameter.
- (transitive) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversify; to variegate.
- (transitive) To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
verb
adj
- Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status; especially, having a sizeable representation of people who are minorities in the community, organization, etc.
- Consisting of different elements; various.
- Not the same; different, dissimilar, distinct.
- (nonstandard) Of a person: belonging to a minority group.
- Capable of or having various forms in different situations or at different times; multiform.
- many and different
- distinctly dissimilar or unlike
adj
- Capable of being changed.
- Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
- (of a species) Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.
- such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
- capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
- varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
- subject to change
verb
- become or make oneself fresh again
- make (to feel) fresh
- make fresh again
- To make green (vegetation that has become dry).
- (transitive) To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).
- To make cool.
- To touch up (makeup); to give (a body part, especially the face) a quick wash.
- To touch up the paint on (something).
- To refresh; to revive; to renew.
- (transitive, nautical) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.
- (transitive) To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
- (transitive, historical) To top up (primer) in a firearm.
- To be refreshed.
- To become cool.
- To become not salty, to lose its salinity. (of water)
- (transitive) To top up (a drink).
- (intransitive, of wind) To become stronger.
- To remove or cover unpleasant qualities such as staleness, bad odour or taste (in air, breath, water, etc.).
- (intransitive, transitive, of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.
verb
- become or make oneself fresh again
- refresh one's memory
- make (to feel) fresh
- make fresh again
- (intransitive) To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
- (computing, ambitransitive) To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
- (computing, ambitransitive) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
- (transitive) To renew or revitalize.
- To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
noun
verb
- change the nature, purpose, or function of something
- cause to adopt a new or different faith
- change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change
- change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
- change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone
- make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
- (transitive, cricket) To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century.
- (transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
- (transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12).
- (transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
- (transitive, logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
- (intransitive, ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.
- (ambitransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
- (intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
- (transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
- (transitive or intransitive, soccer) To score (especially a penalty kick).
- (intransitive) To become converted.
- (intransitive, marketing) To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.
- (ambitransitive, chess) To transform a material or positional advantage into a win.
- (transitive, law) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
- (transitive) To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
- (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
- (American football) To score extra points following a touchdown.
noun
- a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.
- (Canadian football) The equivalent of a conversion in rugby
- A person who has converted to a religion.
- A person who is now in favour of something that they previously opposed or disliked.
verb
noun
verb
- change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
- (transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.
- (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
- change from one form or medium into another
- change in outward structure or looks
- increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
- change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
- convert (one form of energy) to another
- subject to a mathematical transformation
- (transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
- (transitive, genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
- (intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.
- (transitive, electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
- (transitive) To improve or rectify.
- (transitive) To modify.
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
- make correspondent or conformable
- decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
verb
- To alter (something) to avoid conflicting with something else.
- (computer science) To resolve contradictory conclusions or responses to queries in a rule-based or deductive reasoning system.
- (military) To provide information to a military force in order to prevent escalation of a conflict.
- (military, aviation) To change the flight path of a craft or weapon to reduce the chance of an accidental collision or conflict with other obstacles, the terrain or weather.
verb
- change radically
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- turn from an upright or normal position
- cancel officially
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- rule against
- (transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
- (law, transitive) To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
- (ambitransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset.
- (transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
- (intransitive, of a body of water) To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (computing) Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- turn inside out or upside down
- cancel officially
- change to the contrary
- rule against
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
adj
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- (botany) Reversed.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- directed or moving toward the rear
- of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
noun
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
- (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The opposite of something.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
- a relation of direct opposition
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- turning in the opposite direction
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
verb
- (figuratively) To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances.
- (intransitive) To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- (computing) Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”).
- To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc.
- To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.
- substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones
- provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture
- fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house
noun
- An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting.
- A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
- the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured
noun
- Someone or something that changes or transforms itself.
- Someone or something who changes things.
- a person who changes something
- A moneychanger; a person employed in changing or discounting money.
- an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention
noun
- A change in nature, form, or quality.
- (figurative) The spread of something harmful to another location, such as the metastasis of a cancer.
- (rhetoric) A sudden or rapid transition from one point, topic or argument to another, often to evade an uncomfortable subject or to redirect the discussion.
- (medicine, oncology) The transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body, specifically the development of a secondary area of disease remote from the original site, as with some cancers.
- the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body
noun
- A change from one thing to its opposite, or from a situation to the reverse.
- The act of turning about so as to face in the opposite direction.
- A merry-go-round.
- A three-point turn or any similar act of turning around, with the same outcome, regardless of how many repeated forward-reverse maneuvers it takes.
- A reversal of a decision or opinion etc; a change of mind or flip-flop.
- turning in the opposite direction
- a decision to reverse an earlier decision
verb
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
- (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
- (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
- (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
adj
verb
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- be similar, be in line with
- (transitive, intransitive, often followed by to) To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.
- (intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.
- (transitive, intransitive) To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
noun
verb
- To change; modify the order of something.
- To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
- To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another.
- To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
- To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
- (ambitransitive) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
- (ambitransitive) To put in a random order.
- move about, move back and forth
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- walk by dragging one's feet
noun
- A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
- (by extension, music) A rhythm commonly used in blues music, consisting of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note, and suggests a walker dragging one foot.
- (dance) A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor.
- The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
- An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
- The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.
- walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
noun
- a person who changes something
- a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
- a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
- a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
- (programming) A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.
- (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)
- (computing) Ellipsis of modifier key.
- One who, or that which, modifies.
adj
- Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.
- Of alcohol: made undrinkable by adding a toxin or unpalatable substance, but still useful as a fuel or solvent. Traditionally achieved by the addition of methanol (wood alcohol) to ethanol (grain alcohol).
- changed in nature or natural quality
verb
noun
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)
- (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
- chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
- the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
- (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
- a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
- the act of giving something in return for something received
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
- (finance) The difference between the values of money in different places.
- (usually with "the") The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
- (telephony) A central office.
- A conversation.
- (law, England and Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange of contracts.
- (biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
- An act of exchanging or trading.
- A place for conducting trading.
- (telephony) The portion of a telephone number that represents (or formerly represented) a central office.
- (chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
verb
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- give to, and receive from, one another
- hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
- (transitive) To trade or barter.
- (transitive, figurative) To mutually direct at each other.
- (law, England and Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange contracts.
- (transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
- (transitive) To recommend and get recommendations.
noun
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
- a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
- (countable) A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
- A back-and-forth interaction; an exchange.
- (countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.
- (countable, uncountable) An act of interchanging.
- (rail transport, countable) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.
verb
- cause to change places
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- give to, and receive from, one another
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (intransitive) to swap or change places
- (transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
- (transport) To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).
- (transitive) to switch (each of two things)
- (transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary
noun
- the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the process of varying or being varied
- (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
- something a little different from others of the same type
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
- the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
- an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
- a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
- (astronomy) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
- The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
- (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
- (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.
- (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
- A related but distinct thing.
- (linguistics) The situation where two or more linguistic forms appear in the same environment without a change in meaning, the choice of form being determined by factors of dialect, sociolect, register or simply the speaker's preference.
noun
- The act of altering or making different.
- A minor adjustment to clothing, such as hemming or shortening, to make it fit better.
- The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
noun
- The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.
- The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
- (biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
- (linguistics) The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
- (linguistics) A change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
- slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
noun
- Someone or something that changes or transforms itself.
- Someone or something who changes things.
- a person who changes something
- A moneychanger; a person employed in changing or discounting money.
- an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention
noun
- A change in nature, form, or quality.
- (figurative) The spread of something harmful to another location, such as the metastasis of a cancer.
- (rhetoric) A sudden or rapid transition from one point, topic or argument to another, often to evade an uncomfortable subject or to redirect the discussion.
- (medicine, oncology) The transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body, specifically the development of a secondary area of disease remote from the original site, as with some cancers.
- the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body
noun
- A change from one thing to its opposite, or from a situation to the reverse.
- The act of turning about so as to face in the opposite direction.
- A merry-go-round.
- A three-point turn or any similar act of turning around, with the same outcome, regardless of how many repeated forward-reverse maneuvers it takes.
- A reversal of a decision or opinion etc; a change of mind or flip-flop.
- turning in the opposite direction
- a decision to reverse an earlier decision
noun
noun
- a person who changes something
- a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
- a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
- a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
- (programming) A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.
- (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)
- (computing) Ellipsis of modifier key.
- One who, or that which, modifies.
noun
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)
- (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
- chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
- the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
- (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
- a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
- the act of giving something in return for something received
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
- (finance) The difference between the values of money in different places.
- (usually with "the") The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
- (telephony) A central office.
- A conversation.
- (law, England and Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange of contracts.
- (biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
- An act of exchanging or trading.
- A place for conducting trading.
- (telephony) The portion of a telephone number that represents (or formerly represented) a central office.
- (chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
verb
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- give to, and receive from, one another
- hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
- (transitive) To trade or barter.
- (transitive, figurative) To mutually direct at each other.
- (law, England and Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange contracts.
- (transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
- (transitive) To recommend and get recommendations.
noun
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
- a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
- (countable) A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
- A back-and-forth interaction; an exchange.
- (countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.
- (countable, uncountable) An act of interchanging.
- (rail transport, countable) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.
verb
- cause to change places
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- give to, and receive from, one another
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (intransitive) to swap or change places
- (transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
- (transport) To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).
- (transitive) to switch (each of two things)
- (transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary
noun
- the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the process of varying or being varied
- (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
- something a little different from others of the same type
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
- the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
- an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
- a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
- (astronomy) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
- The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
- (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
- (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.
- (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
- A related but distinct thing.
- (linguistics) The situation where two or more linguistic forms appear in the same environment without a change in meaning, the choice of form being determined by factors of dialect, sociolect, register or simply the speaker's preference.
verb
- undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- change clothes; put on different clothes
- become deeper in tone
- remove or replace the coverings of
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- give to, and receive from, one another
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
- (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- (intransitive) To become something different.
- (transitive) To replace.
- (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
- (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).
noun
- the action of changing something
- a thing that is different
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
- a different or fresh set of clothes
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
- coins of small denomination regarded collectively
- the result of alteration or modification
- the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
- (uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
- (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
- (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- (countable) A replacement.
- (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
verb
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
noun
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
verb
- undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- change clothes; put on different clothes
- become deeper in tone
- remove or replace the coverings of
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- give to, and receive from, one another
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
- (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- (intransitive) To become something different.
- (transitive) To replace.
- (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
- (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).
noun
- the action of changing something
- a thing that is different
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
- a different or fresh set of clothes
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
- coins of small denomination regarded collectively
- the result of alteration or modification
- the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
- (uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
- (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
- (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- (countable) A replacement.
- (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
verb
adj
- (geometry) (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)
- Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
- (anatomy) Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
noun
verb
- To change or transform (something).
- To change, to transform.
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
- undergo development or evolution
- work out
- gain through experience
verb
noun
- An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.
- (architecture) An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a molding and a soffit.
- a narrow groove beside a beading
- a strange attitude or habit
verb
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
noun
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
verb
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- (intransitive) To become different.
- make an alteration to
- insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- remove the ovaries of
- (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- (transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
- (ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.
noun
verb
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- be subject to change in accordance with a variable
- make something more diverse and varied
- be at variance with; be out of line with
- (intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
- (intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.
- (of the members of a group, intransitive) To display differences.
- (transitive, music) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation.
- (transitive) To change with time or a similar parameter.
- (transitive) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversify; to variegate.
- (transitive) To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
verb
adj
- Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status; especially, having a sizeable representation of people who are minorities in the community, organization, etc.
- Consisting of different elements; various.
- Not the same; different, dissimilar, distinct.
- (nonstandard) Of a person: belonging to a minority group.
- Capable of or having various forms in different situations or at different times; multiform.
- many and different
- distinctly dissimilar or unlike
verb
- become or make oneself fresh again
- make (to feel) fresh
- make fresh again
- To make green (vegetation that has become dry).
- (transitive) To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).
- To make cool.
- To touch up (makeup); to give (a body part, especially the face) a quick wash.
- To touch up the paint on (something).
- To refresh; to revive; to renew.
- (transitive, nautical) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.
- (transitive) To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
- (transitive, historical) To top up (primer) in a firearm.
- To be refreshed.
- To become cool.
- To become not salty, to lose its salinity. (of water)
- (transitive) To top up (a drink).
- (intransitive, of wind) To become stronger.
- To remove or cover unpleasant qualities such as staleness, bad odour or taste (in air, breath, water, etc.).
- (intransitive, transitive, of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.
verb
- become or make oneself fresh again
- refresh one's memory
- make (to feel) fresh
- make fresh again
- (intransitive) To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
- (computing, ambitransitive) To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
- (computing, ambitransitive) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
- (transitive) To renew or revitalize.
- To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
noun
verb
- change the nature, purpose, or function of something
- cause to adopt a new or different faith
- change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change
- change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
- change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone
- make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
- (transitive, cricket) To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century.
- (transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
- (transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12).
- (transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
- (transitive, logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
- (intransitive, ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.
- (ambitransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
- (intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
- (transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
- (transitive or intransitive, soccer) To score (especially a penalty kick).
- (intransitive) To become converted.
- (intransitive, marketing) To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.
- (ambitransitive, chess) To transform a material or positional advantage into a win.
- (transitive, law) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
- (transitive) To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
- (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
- (American football) To score extra points following a touchdown.
noun
- a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.
- (Canadian football) The equivalent of a conversion in rugby
- A person who has converted to a religion.
- A person who is now in favour of something that they previously opposed or disliked.
verb
noun
verb
- change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
- (transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.
- (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
- change from one form or medium into another
- change in outward structure or looks
- increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
- change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
- convert (one form of energy) to another
- subject to a mathematical transformation
- (transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
- (transitive, genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
- (intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.
- (transitive, electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
- (transitive) To improve or rectify.
- (transitive) To modify.
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
- make correspondent or conformable
- decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
verb
- To alter (something) to avoid conflicting with something else.
- (computer science) To resolve contradictory conclusions or responses to queries in a rule-based or deductive reasoning system.
- (military) To provide information to a military force in order to prevent escalation of a conflict.
- (military, aviation) To change the flight path of a craft or weapon to reduce the chance of an accidental collision or conflict with other obstacles, the terrain or weather.
verb
- change radically
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- turn from an upright or normal position
- cancel officially
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- rule against
- (transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
- (law, transitive) To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
- (ambitransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset.
- (transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
- (intransitive, of a body of water) To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (computing) Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- turn inside out or upside down
- cancel officially
- change to the contrary
- rule against
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
adj
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- (botany) Reversed.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- directed or moving toward the rear
- of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
noun
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
- (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The opposite of something.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
- a relation of direct opposition
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- turning in the opposite direction
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
verb
- (figuratively) To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances.
- (intransitive) To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- (computing) Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”).
- To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc.
- To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.
- substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones
- provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture
- fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house
noun
- An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting.
- A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
- the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured
verb
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
- (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
- (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
- (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
adj
verb
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- be similar, be in line with
- (transitive, intransitive, often followed by to) To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.
- (intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.
- (transitive, intransitive) To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
verb
- To change; modify the order of something.
- To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
- To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another.
- To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
- To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
- (ambitransitive) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
- (ambitransitive) To put in a random order.
- move about, move back and forth
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- walk by dragging one's feet
noun
- A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
- (by extension, music) A rhythm commonly used in blues music, consisting of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note, and suggests a walker dragging one foot.
- (dance) A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor.
- The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
- An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
- The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.
- walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
adj
- Capable of being changed.
- Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
- (of a species) Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.
- such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
- capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
- varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
- subject to change
adj
- Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.
- Of alcohol: made undrinkable by adding a toxin or unpalatable substance, but still useful as a fuel or solvent. Traditionally achieved by the addition of methanol (wood alcohol) to ethanol (grain alcohol).
- changed in nature or natural quality