change
/tʃeɪndʒ/
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Translation
To make something different, or to become different.
Word origin
From Old French changier, taken from Latin cambiare, meaning to barter or exchange one thing for another.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- changier
Grammar
Verb typeregular (change, changes, changed)
Examples
change plans today.
"Change" means to make the plans different.
weather changes very quickly here.
"Changes" is the form used with he, she, or it.
changed room make brighter.
"Changed" is the past form of "change".
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