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change: 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: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history. 2. to transform or convert (usually fol. by into): The witch changed the prince into a toad. 3. to substitute another or others for; exchange for something else, usually of the same kind: She changed her shoes when she got home from the office. 4. to give and take reciprocally; interchange: to change places with someone. 5. to transfer from one (conveyance) to another: You'll have to change planes in Chicago. 6. to give or get smaller money in exchange for: to change a five-dollar bill. 7. to give or get foreign money in exchange for: to change dollars into francs. 8. to remove and replace the covering or coverings of: to change a bed; to change a baby. -verb (used without object) 9. to become different: Overnight the nation's mood changed. 10. to become altered or modified: Colors change if they are exposed to the sun. 11. to become transformed or converted (usually fol. by into): The toad changed into a prince again. 12. to pass gradually into (usually fol. by to or into): Summer changed to autumn. 13. to make a change or an exchange: If you want to sit next to the window, I'll change with you. 14. to transfer between trains or other conveyances: We can take the local and change to an express at the next stop. 15. to change one's clothes: She changed into jeans. 16. (of the moon) to pass from one phase to another. 17. (of the voice) to become deeper in tone; come to have a lower register: The boy's voice began to change when he was thirteen. -noun 18. the act or fact of changing; fact of being changed. 19. a transformation or modification; alteration: They noticed the change in his facial expression. 20. a variation or deviation: a change in the daily routine. 21. the substitution of one thing for another: We finally made the change to an oil-burning furnace. 22. variety or novelty: Let's try a new restaurant for a change. 23. the passing from one place, state, form, or phase to another: a change of seasons; social change. 24. Jazz. harmonic progression from one tonality to another; modulation. 25. the supplanting of one thing by another. 26. anything that is or may be substituted for another.