become / make different
1 [V] to become different:
Rick hasn't changed. He looks exactly the same as he did at school. * changing attitudes towards education * Her life changed completely when she won the lottery.
2 [VN] to make sb/sth different:
Fame hasn't really changed him. * Information technology has changed the way people work.
3 ~ (sb/sth) (from A) to / into B to pass or make sb/sth pass from one state or form into another:
[V] Caterpillars change into butterflies. * Wait for the traffic lights to change. * The lights changed from red to green. * [VN] With a wave of her magic wand, she changed the frog into a handsome prince.
4 [VN] to stop having one state, position or direction and start having another:
Leaves change colour in autumn. * The wind has changed direction. * Our ship changed course.
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5 [VN] ~ sb/sth (for sb/sth)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for change is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is change a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, change is tagged as verb.
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