change

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noun

1 becoming/making sb/sth different

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, considerable, dramatic, drastic, enormous, extensive, far-reaching, fundamental, important, major, marked, massive, momentous, noticeable, profound, radical, revolutionary, sea, significant, substantial, sweeping

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I need to make some drastic changes in my life.

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Television has undergone a sea change in the last two years.

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These reforms have brought about significant changes in the overall economy.

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The report called for sweeping changes to the health system.

▪ complete, wholesale

▪ irreversible

▪ systematic

▪ cosmetic, marginal, minimal, minor, slight, small, subtle

▪ lasting, long-term, permanent

▪ short-term

▪ abrupt, rapid, sudden

▪ gradual

▪ seasonal

▪ net, overall

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net change in incomes

▪ global

▪ qualitative, quantitative

▪ beneficial, desirable, effective, exciting, nice, pleasant, positive, refreshing, welcome

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The manual work made a welcome change from his previous job as a telephone operator.

▪ unwelcome

▪ unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen

▪ climate, constitutional, cultural, demographic, economic, environmental, evolutionary, legislative, organizational, political, population, social, structural, technological, temperature

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These policies are designed to combat the effects of climate change.

▪ career, culture, gear, lifestyle, name, personality, policy, regime, rule, sex

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the need for a culture change within the industry

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He made a rapid gear change as he approached the bend.

VERB + CHANGE

▪ make

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I made a couple of minor changes to my opening paragraph.

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It made a pleasant change not having to work.

▪ bring about, cause, effect, force, induce, produce, trigger

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How far does war bring about social change?

▪ implement, initiate, institute, introduce

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We are going to introduce a few changes to the system.

▪ undergo

▪ show

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He needs to show a change in attitude if he is to succeed.

▪ reflect

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Courses offered in schools reflect changes in the job market.

▪ document, measure, monitor

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The research will measure any changes in the children's sleep patterns.

▪ call for, demand

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He called for a change of mood in Scottish politics.

▪ detect, note, notice, observe, see

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I've seen many changes since I started farming.

▪ oppose, resist

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We resist change because of fear of the unknown.

▪ embrace

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Young people are more willing to embrace change.

▪ accommodate, adapt to

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Businesses have to adapt to change.

▪ prevent

▪ be subject to

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Train times are subject to change without notice.

CHANGE + VERB

▪ come, happen, occur, take place

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Major economic changes have occurred recently.

▪ affect (sb/sth)

▪ result in sth

PREPOSITION

▪ for a change

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I usually take the bus to school, but today I walked for a change.

▪ change in

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The last few years have seen a change in attitudes to single parents.

▪ change of

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a change of government

▪ change from, change to

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the change from the old to the new system

PHRASES

▪ a change for the better, a change for the worse

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I reckon we've all made a big change for the better.

▪ a change of clothes (= an extra set of clothes to change into)

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Take a change of clothes in case you get dirty.

▪ a change of heart, a change of mind

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He said he's not coming, but he might have a change of heart.

▪ a change of scene (BrE), a change of scenery

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I needed a change of scene/scenery after being in the job for so long.

▪ a climate of change

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In the current climate of change, adaptability is vital.

▪ the pace of change, the rate of change

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A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.

▪ a period of change

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The eighties were a period of great change in publishing.

▪ the tide of change, the winds of change

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The president realized he could not hold back the tide of change, and resigned.

2 coins/notes of low value

ADJECTIVE

▪ loose, small

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He emptied his pockets of loose change.

PREPOSITION

▪ in change

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I had around £25 in change.

▪ change for

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Ask the cashier if she has change for €20.

PHRASES

▪ chump change (AmE, informal)

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$150 million is chump change (= a small amount of money) compared with the potential losses.

3 money you get back if you pay too much

VERB + CHANGE

▪ check, count

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I checked my change before leaving the store.

▪ give

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This machine does not give change.

▪ get

▪ take

▪ keep

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I told the taxi driver to keep the change.

PREPOSITION

▪ change from, change out of

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The meal left me with not much change from $200.

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verb

ADVERB

▪ considerably, dramatically, drastically, fundamentally, greatly, a lot, markedly, profoundly, radically, significantly, substantially

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Our way of life has changed dramatically over the last ten years.

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Jane has changed a lot since she went to college.

▪ completely, totally

▪ slightly, subtly

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Her voice changed subtly.

▪ little

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The town has actually changed very little in the last hundred years.

▪ all the time, constantly, continually, forever

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The language is changing all the time.

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Technology has forever changed the way businesses operate.

▪ fast, overnight, rapidly, suddenly

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Attitudes to marriage are changing fast.

▪ gradually, slowly

▪ irrevocably, permanently

PREPOSITION

▪ from

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Caracas changed from a small town into a busy city.

▪ into, to

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His anger changed to sadness.

PHRASES

▪ change out of all recognition

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The place had changed out of all recognition.

Change is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑attitude, ↑balance, ↑circumstance, ↑composition, ↑condition, ↑density, ↑expectation, ↑expression, ↑fashion, ↑fortune, ↑habit, ↑key, ↑level, ↑luck, ↑manner, ↑menu, ↑mood, ↑opinion, ↑pattern, ↑practice, ↑rule, ↑scenery, ↑shift, ↑situation, ↑taste, ↑temperature, ↑tempo, ↑thing, ↑time, ↑tone, ↑traffic light, ↑view, ↑weather, ↑wheel, ↑wind, ↑world

Change is used with these nouns as the object: ↑allegiance, ↑angle, ↑appearance, ↑approach, ↑arrangement, ↑attitude, ↑baby, ↑balance, ↑bandage, ↑battery, ↑behaviour, ↑booking, ↑bulb, ↑career, ↑CD, ↑channel, ↑charter, ↑climate, ↑clothes, ↑colour, ↑complexion, ↑composition, ↑conception, ↑constitution, ↑course, ↑culture, ↑currency, ↑curriculum, ↑date, ↑definition, ↑destiny, ↑diaper, ↑diet, ↑direction, ↑dosage, ↑dose, ↑dressing, ↑emphasis, ↑ending, ↑environment, ↑expectation, ↑expression, ↑fact, ↑fate, ↑flight, ↑focus, ↑form, ↑format, ↑formula, ↑frequency, ↑fundamentals, ↑fuse, ↑gear, ↑grip, ↑guard, ↑habit, ↑idea, ↑identity, ↑image, ↑impression, ↑itinerary, ↑key, ↑landscape, ↑lane, ↑law, ↑level, ↑life, ↑lifestyle, ↑linen, ↑meaning, ↑medication, ↑menu, ↑method, ↑mode, ↑money, ↑name, ↑nappy, ↑nationality, ↑nature, ↑oil, ↑opinion, ↑order, ↑outcome, ↑outlook, ↑ownership, ↑partner, ↑password, ↑pattern, ↑perception, ↑perspective, ↑pitch, ↑place, ↑plan, ↑plea, ↑plug, ↑position, ↑posture, ↑practice, ↑profession, ↑regime, ↑religion, ↑residence, ↑routine, ↑rule, ↑scenery, ↑setting, ↑sex, ↑shape, ↑sheet, ↑shift, ↑situation, ↑size, ↑skyline, ↑society, ↑stance, ↑status, ↑status quo, ↑story, ↑strategy, ↑string, ↑structure, ↑style, ↑subject, ↑surname, ↑swing, ↑syllabus, ↑system, ↑tack, ↑tactic, ↑tempo, ↑thing, ↑thinking, ↑time, ↑tone, ↑topic, ↑train, ↑tyre, ↑understanding, ↑venue, ↑view, ↑viewpoint, ↑voltage, ↑wardrobe, ↑way, ↑will, ↑wording, ↑world