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change

verb
  1. To make or become different: alter, modify, mutate, turn, vary. See change
  2. To give up in return for something else: commute, exchange, interchange, shift, substitute, switch, trade. Informal: swap. See change, substitute
  3. To leave or discard for another: shift, switch. See change, substitute
noun
  1. The process or result of making or becoming different: alteration, modification, mutation, permutation, variation. See change
  2. The act of exchanging or substituting: commutation, exchange, interchange, shift, substitution, switch, trade, transposition. Informal: swap. See change, substitute
  3. The process or result of changing from one appearance, state, or phase to another: changeover, conversion, metamorphosis, mutation, shift, transfiguration, transformation, translation, transmogrification, transmutation, transubstantiation. See change
  4. The process or an instance of passing from one form, state, or stage to another: passage, shift, transit, transition. See change

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