Definition of Change

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Change

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance.

To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention.

To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another.

Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill.

To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better.

To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.

Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles.

A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons.

A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon.

Alteration in the order of a series; permutation.

That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another.

Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due.

A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.

A public house; an alehouse.

Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.

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Change Quotations

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
Albert Einstein

I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.
Marilyn Monroe

It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
Thomas Jefferson

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
Maya Angelou

The need for change bulldozed road down the center of my mind.
Maya Angelou

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.
Stephen Covey

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.
Stephen Covey

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
Wayne Dyer

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.
Wayne Dyer

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Barack Obama

Change Translations

change in Afrikaans is verander, kleingeld
change in Dutch is veranderen, anders maken
change in Finnish is muuttaa
change in Italian is convertire, alternare, alterare, variazione
change in Latin is mutatio, novo, abeo, vicissitudo
change in Norwegian is forandre, veksle

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