change
part of speech
noun (change, a change, changes; change = coins — uncountable); verb (change, changes, changed, changing)
meaning for a pupil
1) To change is to make something different, or to become different. tree →
2) A change is a time when something becomes different. tree →
3) Change is the money you get back when you pay more than the price. tree →
4) Change is also coins, like loose change in your pocket. tree →
5) To change clothes is to take some off and put others on. tree →
6) To change trains or buses is to get off one and onto another. tree →
7) (casual) «Keep the change», «got any change?», «spare change?» are about money; «that makes a change» (often sarcastic) means that is unusual. tree →
8) (casual, rude) «Change the record» (UK) means stop saying the same thing; «you'll never change» can be a complaint. tree →
9) (euphemism) «The change» (old) means the time when a woman stops having periods; «a change of role» or «restructuring» may mean losing a job. tree →
10) (formal) Exams say «alter», «modify», «vary», «transform», «the variation», «the net change», «the increment», «the decrement» and «the balance tendered». tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Changing clothes in the Torah often marks a new stage, as when Joseph is made ready to appear before Pharaoh. Tradition teaches that God does not change though the world does. The prophets also use change for a loss, as gold losing its shine, or for a people changing their ways. In the primary lessons: maths: money back after paying (change = money paid − price); also how much something grows or shrinks, the difference between the old and the new amount; science: changes of state (ice melts into water), changes in the weather and the seasons; everyday life: change clothes, change your mind, change a light bulb, a change of plan; stories: a character changes and learns; phrases: «for a change», «change your mind», «small change», «keep the change»; in casual talk «got any change?», «that makes a change», «quick change»; in rough talk «change the bloody record», «you'll never change»; in the exam voice «compute the change due to the purchaser», «the net change», «the variation in temperature»
examples
- And he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. (Torah GEN.41.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- And your father hath mocked me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. (Torah GEN.31.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- and Nebo, and Baal-meon — their names being changed — and Sibmah; and gave their names unto the cities which they builded. (Torah NUM.32.38, JPS 1917) tree →
- How is the most fine gold changed! (Writings LAM.4.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Do I change, O house of Jacob? (Prophets MIC.2.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- How greatly dost thou cheapen thyself to change thy way? (Prophets JER.2.36, JPS 1917) tree →
- She paid 10 dollars for a 7-dollar book. What is her change? tree →
- The temperature changed by 5 degrees. tree →
- He has 2 dollars in change. tree →
- Leaves change colour in the fall. tree →
- Please change into your PE clothes. tree →
- We changed buses at the station. tree →
- Ice changes into water when it melts. tree →
- She changed her mind and picked the blue one. tree →
- Let's eat outside for a change. tree →
- Here's a tenner, keep the change. tree →
- You're on time, that makes a change! tree →
- A purchaser tenders 10 dollars for an article priced at 7 dollars. Compute the change due. tree →
- Really I've no change just now." tree →
note
Change back = money paid − cost. Trap: «change» alone may also mean coins, or the difference between two amounts. «Change» as money has no plural: «some change», not «changes». «A change in temperature» is new − old; if it went down, the change is a fall, not a rise. «tenders 10 dollars» in an exam means pays with 10 dollars; «the change due» is what you get back. «keep the change» means the change is a gift.
In the corpora
- And your father hath mocked me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
- And he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
- And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- And he changed his prison garments, and did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life.
- Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods?
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «change» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.