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Changing

adjective

1.

Marked by continuous change or effective action. Synonym: ever-changing.

Change

verb

(past & past part. changed; pres. part. changing)

1.

Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation. Synonyms: alter, modify. "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

2.

Undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature. "The weather changed last night" Antonym: stay.

3.

Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence. Synonyms: alter, vary. "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"

4.

Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another. Synonyms: shift, switch. "She switched psychiatrists" , "The car changed lanes"

5.

Change clothes; put on different clothes.

6.

Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category. Synonyms: commute, convert, exchange. "He changed his name" , "Convert centimeters into inches" , "Convert holdings into shares"

7.

Give to, and receive from, one another. Synonyms: exchange, interchange. "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

8.

Change from one vehicle or transportation line to another. Synonym: transfer.

9.

Become deeper in tone. Synonym: deepen. "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"

10.

Remove or replace the coverings of. "After each guest we changed the bed linens"

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"Changing" Quotes from Famous Books

... peace of Europe. Nothing can yet be done, perhaps nothing now can ever be done by us. The Foreign Office doubts our wisdom and prudence since Lansing came into action. The whole atmosphere is changing. One more such move and they will conclude that Dernburg and Bernstorff have seduced us—without our knowing it, to be sure; but their confidence in our judgment will be gone. God knows I have tried to keep this confidence intact and our good friendship secure. But I have begun to get despondent ...

— The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I • Burton J. Hendrick

... changed in any time that we can forecast, but there is an undoubted tendency in the younger historical students to look upon the expansion of the country as the important consideration, and the slavery question as incidental. Professor von Holst thought this changing historical sentiment entirely natural, but he felt sure that in the end men would come round to the antislavery view, of which he ...

— Historical Essays • James Ford Rhodes

... of the worrulil," continued "His Majesty," suddenly changing the conversation, "ye've played the mischief wid thim bonds. Where have ye hid thim, ye rogue? But niver mind. I'll be ayvin wid ye yit. How much are they? Thirty thousand pounds! Begorra, I'll give ye that amount for thim. I'd like to take up thim bonds ...

— A Castle in Spain - A Novel • James De Mille

... suffering is quite compatible with the belief in natural selection, which is not perfect in its action, but tends only to render each species as successful as possible in the battle for life with other species, in wonderfully complex and changing circumstances. ...

— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern -- Volume 11 • Various

... Church, and expecting daily his promised reward—a cardinal's hat and a rich bishopric. His hopes were doomed to be disappointed. For a short time he received a pension from Gregory XV., but this was discontinued by Urban VIII., and our author became dissatisfied and imprudently talked of again changing his faith. He was heard to exclaim at supper on one occasion, "That no Catholic had answered his book, De Republic Ecclesiastic, but that he himself was able to deal with them." The Inquisition seized him, ...

— Books Fatal to Their Authors • P. H. Ditchfield

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