changer

«changer» in Mova's school dictionary: A person or thing that changes something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a changer, changers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person or thing that changes something. tree →

2) A machine that changes things, like a coin changer that gives you smaller coins. tree →

3) Game changer: something that changes a situation in a big way. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used mostly in phrases: game changer, money changer, coin changer, nappy changer (a changing table). In stories about the Bible, Jesus turned over the tables of the money changers. Phrases: game changer, money changer, coin changer.

examples

• The new playground slide was a game changer for our break times. tree →
• Put a note in the coin changer to get coins. tree →
• Jesus drove the money changers out of the temple. tree →
• The internet was a real game changer. tree →
• My bike's gear changer is broken. tree →
• A good teacher can be a life changer. tree →
• The baby changer is in the toilets. tree →
• My son is a money-changer, and if you will follow me he will weigh them for you himself. tree →

note

Countable: changers. Mostly used in compound phrases. "Game changer" is informal. From the verb change + -er (the one who does it).

In the corpora

• «It's a voice changer, lol.» They checked: the account was new, with no other friends.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «changer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.