Change - English meaning

verb

Occur in turn repeatedly.

Usage examples:

Bouts of depression alternate with periods of elation

adjective

Every other; every second.

Usage examples:

She was asked to attend on alternate days

noun

Another term for alternative.

Usage examples:

A novel set in an alternate universe

verb

Exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money.

Usage examples:

He often bartered a meal for drawings

noun

The action or system of bartering.

Usage examples:

Paper money ceases to have any value and people resort to barter

noun

Money in coins or notes, as distinct from cheques, money orders, or credit.

Usage examples:

The staff were paid in cash

verb

Give or obtain notes or coins for (a cheque or money order).

Usage examples:

The bank cashed her cheque

noun

A coin of low value from china, southern india, or se asia.

noun

A flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money.

Usage examples:

She opened her purse and took out a coin

verb

Make (coins) by stamping metal.

Usage examples:

Guineas and half-guineas were coined

noun

Coins collectively.

Usage examples:

The volume of coinage in circulation

noun

Money made of coins

noun

A set of coins of different values used in a country's money system

Usage examples:

Only when their local coinage disappears will they develop a euro mindset.

noun

A flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money.

Usage examples:

She opened her purse and took out a coin

verb

Make (coins) by stamping metal.

Usage examples:

Guineas and half-guineas were coined

noun

A small, flat, round piece of metal used as money, with a number showing its value and often a decorative picture

Usage examples:

Let’s flip a coin to see who goes first., he fished about in his pockets, taking out a handful of c…

verb

Travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis.

Usage examples:

He commuted from corby to kentish town

noun

A regular journey of some distance to and from one's place of work.

Usage examples:

The daily commute

verb

To travel regularly a distance between work and home

Usage examples:

She commutes to the city by car every day., the governor commuted the sentence and released the pri…

verb

Change the form, character, or function of something.

Usage examples:

Modernization has converted the country from a primitive society to a near-industrial one

noun

A person who has been persuaded to change their religious faith or other belief.

Usage examples:

He is a recent convert to the church

verb

To change the character, appearance, or operation of something

Usage examples:

[ t ] we converted our oil furnace to gas to save money., [ i ] most of the families in the communi…

noun

A red-brown metal, the chemical element of atomic number 29.

Usage examples:

In addition, fruit juices are rich in essential minerals like iron, copper, potassium, sodium, iodi…

verb

Cover or coat (something) with copper.

Usage examples:

Some iron hulls were sheathed with wood and then coppered

noun

A police officer.

Usage examples:

How do you know the coppers won't know you weren't there?

noun

A red-brown metal, the chemical element of atomic number 29.

Usage examples:

In addition, fruit juices are rich in essential minerals like iron, copper, potassium, sodium, iodi…

verb

Cover or coat (something) with copper.

Usage examples:

Some iron hulls were sheathed with wood and then coppered

noun

A police officer.

Usage examples:

How do you know the coppers won't know you weren't there?

noun

An act of giving one thing and receiving another (especially of the same kind) in return.

Usage examples:

Negotiations should lead to an exchange of land for peace

verb

Short for telephone exchange.

verb

To change something for something else of a similar value or type

Usage examples:

This shirt is too small – can i exchange it for one in a larger size?, before we left the meeting, …

noun

A yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, used especially in jewellery and decoration and to guarantee the value of currencies.

Usage examples:

While equities languish, precious metals such as gold have seen their value soar as investors seek …

adjective

Made of or coloured like gold.

Usage examples:

Gold earrings

adjective

A soft yellow malleable ductile metallic element

verb

(of two or more people) exchange (things) with each other.

Usage examples:

Superior and subordinates freely interchange information

noun

The action of interchanging people or things.

Usage examples:

The interchange of ideas

verb

Cause to change places

verb

Take the place of.

Usage examples:

Ian's smile was replaced by a frown

verb

To take the place of something or put in the place of something or someone else

Usage examples:

We replaced our old air conditioners., the ailing actress was replaced by her understudy., after du…

verb

To take the place of something or someone else

Usage examples:

The single farm payment will replace all subsidy schemes in january., four people have left the da'…

verb

Move or cause to move in a circle round an axis or centre.

Usage examples:

The wheel continued to rotate

verb

To turn around a fixed point, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ i ] the wheel rotates on an axle., [ t ] every 30 days we rotate shifts.

verb

To turn something in a circle, especially around a fixed point

Usage examples:

With the software you can zoom and rotate pictures., rotate between sb the chairmanship would rotat…

noun

A precious shiny greyish-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 47.

Usage examples:

Beryllium, calcium, silver and antimony have no appreciable effect on mechanical properties.

adjective

Made of or coloured like silver.

Usage examples:

A silver necklace

verb

Short for silver medal.

Usage examples:

She won three silvers

noun

Money in the form of coins rather than notes.

Usage examples:

The bank of england in 1795 had held around £8 million in specie

noun

A person or thing acting or serving in place of another.

Usage examples:

Soya milk is used as a substitute for dairy milk

verb

Use or add in place of.

Usage examples:

Dried rosemary can be substituted for the fresh herb

verb

To use someone or something instead of another person or thing

Usage examples:

[ t ] you can substitute oil for butter in this recipe., [ i ] he was called on to substitute for t…

verb

Take part in an exchange of.

Usage examples:

We swapped phone numbers

noun

An act of exchanging one thing for another.

Usage examples:

Let's do a swap

verb

Exchange or give in exchange for

noun

A device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.

Usage examples:

The guard hit a switch and the gate swung open

verb

Change the position, direction, or focus of.

Usage examples:

The company switched the boats to other routes

verb

Device for making or breaking the connections in a circuit

noun

The action of buying and selling goods and services.

Usage examples:

A move to ban all trade in ivory

verb

Buy and sell goods and services.

Usage examples:

Middlemen trading in luxury goods

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services esp. between countries

Usage examples:

[ u ] foreign trade, [ u ] a trade agreement, [ c ] the building trades, [ u ] he’s an auto mechani…

verb

Cause (two or more things) to exchange places.

Usage examples:

The situation might have been the same if the parties in opposition and government had been transpo…

noun

A matrix obtained from a given matrix by interchanging each row and the corresponding column.

Usage examples:

The new matrix is called the transpose of a

verb

To change the order of something

Usage examples:

The total was wrong because i had transposed two numbers.

noun

A large, heavy road vehicle used for carrying goods, materials, or troops; a lorry.

Usage examples:

Since yesterday, we have seen a fair bit of traffic on the roads here and lorries and trucks carryi…

verb

Convey by truck.

Usage examples:

The food was trucked to st petersburg

verb

Barter or exchange.

Usage examples:

Usually it is the male members of the family who walk or transport the buffaloes into bolu; it is m…