change /chānj/ transitive verb- To alter or make different
- To give or receive for another or for an equivalent
- To cause to move or to pass from one state to another
- To exchange or replace
intransitive verb- To undergo change
- To change one's clothes
- To transfer from (one bus, train, etc) to another
noun- The act of changing
- Alteration or variation of any kind
- Exchange (archaic)
- Fickleness (archaic)
- A shift
- Variety
- Money given for money of a different kind, or in adjustment of a payment
- Coins of low value (collectively)
- Satisfaction (informal)
- An exchange (now usu 'change)
- Any of the various orders in which a peal of bells can be rung
ORIGIN: Fr changer, from L cambīre to barter changeabilˈity or changeˈableness noun - Fickleness
- The power of being changed
changeˈable adjective - Subject or prone to change
- Fickle
- Inconstant
- Able to or capable of change
- Showing variation of colour
changeˈably adverb changeˈful adjective - Full of change
- Changeable
changeˈfully adverb changeˈfulness noun changeˈless adjective - Without change
- Constant
changeˈlessly adverb changeˈlessness noun changeˈling noun - A surreptitious substitute
- A child substituted for another, esp one supposed to be left by the fairies
- Hence, an undersized crabbed child
- A half-witted person (archaic)
- A person apt to change (archaic)
chāngˈer noun - Someone or something that changes the form of anything
- A person employed in changing or discounting money (obsolete)
changeˈ-house noun (Scot) A small inn or alehouse changeˈover noun - Transition to a new system, position or condition
- The act or process of passing over, exchanging or transferring from one to another
change point noun (surveying) A staff station to which two sights are taken, a foresight and a backsight (also called turning point) change-ringing see ring the changes below. changeˈ-up noun (baseball) A slower pitch, thrown to deceive the batter changˈing-piece noun (Shakespeare) A fickle person changing room noun A room or cubicle set aside for the use of people changing clothes change colour To blush or turn pale change down (motoring) To change to a lower gear change face (surveying) To rotate a theodolite telescope about its horizontal axis so as to change the sighting from left to right or vice versa change front (military) - To change the direction of fire of (troops, artillery, etc)
- To alter one's opinion
change gear - To select a higher or lower gear (motoring)
- To increase or decrease the pace of activity (figurative)
change hands To be transferred from one owner to another change of air A different climate or environment (also figurative) change of heart A change of attitude, viewpoint or opinion, often resulting in the reversal of a decision change of life The time of a woman's life at which menstruation is about to cease, the menopause change of state (physics) Any change in the state of matter, eg from solid to liquid, liquid to gas, etc change oneself (now only Scot) To change one's clothes change one's mind To form a different opinion change one's tune - To change one's attitudes or opinions
- To change one's manner of speaking
change over - To change from one system, position, or attitude to another
- To exchange or transfer
change up (motoring) To change to a higher gear get no change out of (informal) To be unsuccessful in attempts to obtain concessions, information, co-operation, etc from (a person or organization) put the change on (old and dialect) To delude or trick ring the changes - To go through all the possible permutations in ringing a peal of bells (changeˈ-ringing noun)
- To perform a repeated action or actions in varying ways, order, etc
small change - (collectively) coins of low value
- A petty thing (informal)
the change same as change of life above. gear /gēr/ noun- Equipment
- Accoutrements
- Tackle
- Clothes, esp (informal) young people's fashion clothes
- Personal belongings (informal)
- Illicit drugs (slang)
- Armour (obsolete)
- A harness
- An apparatus
- A set of tools or a mechanism for some particular purpose
- Household stuff
- Stuff, matter (archaic)
- An affair, business, doings (often contemptuous) (obsolete)
- Any moving part or system of parts for transmitting motion, eg levers, gearwheels
- Connection by means of such parts
- The actual gear ratio in use, or the gearwheels involved in transmitting that ratio, in an automobile gearbox, first gear being the lowest
- Landing gear
- Working connection
- Working order
- The diameter in inches of a wheel whose circumference equals the distance a bicycle would go for one turn of the pedals
transitive verb- To harness
- To put (eg machinery) in gear
- To connect in gear
- To adjust in accordance with the requirements of a particular plan, etc (with to)
intransitive verb- To be in gear
- To have a (high or low) gearing (economics)
adjective (old slang)Unusually good, or (later) very up to date ORIGIN: ME gere, prob ON gervi; cf OE gearwe, OHGer garawi; yare, gar2 geared adjective gearˈing noun - Harness
- Working implements
- Means of transmission of motion, esp a series of toothed wheels and pinions
- (in a company's capital) the proportion of debt finance to equity finance (economics)
gearˈless adjective gearˈbox noun - The box containing the apparatus for changing gear
- (in a motor vehicle) the apparatus itself
gearˈ-case noun A protective case for the gearing of a bicycle, etc gearˈ-change or gearˈchange noun - A change of gear
- The mechanism with which one changes gear
gear-lever, gearˈ-stick or (N American) gearˈshift noun A device for selecting or engaging and disengaging gears gear ratio noun The ratio of the driving to the driven members of a gear mechanism gear train noun Two or more gearwheels, transmitting motion from one shaft to another gearˈwheel noun A wheel with teeth or cogs which impart or transmit motion by acting on a similar wheel or a chain change gear To select a higher or lower gear gear down - To make the speed of the driven part lower than that of the driving part
- To prepare for decreased production, fewer demands, etc
gear up - To make the speed of the driven part higher than that of the driving part
- To prepare for increased production, new demands, etc
- To raise the gearing of (a company)
high gear - A gear ratio giving a high number of revolutions of the driven part relative to the driving part (highˈ-gear adjective)
- Maximum speed and efficiency, peak performance (figurative)
highly geared (of a company or its capital) having a high ratio of borrowing in relation to owners' capital, or of debt to equity low gear A gear ratio giving a low number of revolutions of the driven part relative to the driving part (lowˈ-gear adjective) multiplying gearing A combination of cogwheels for imparting motion from wheels of larger to wheels of smaller diameter, by which the rate of revolution is increased straight gear The name given to a set of geared wheels when the planes of motion are parallel (cf bevel gear under bevel) three-speed gear, two-speed gear and variable gear - A contrivance for changing gear at will
- See also synchromesh
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