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Adjective: changing  cheyn-jing
  1. Marked by continuous change or effective action
    - ever-changing
Verb: change  cheynj
  1. Make different; cause a transformation
    "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue";
    - alter, modify
     
  2. Undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
    "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
     
  3. Become different in some particular way
    "her mood changes in accordance with the weather";
    - alter, vary
     
  4. Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
    "The car changed lanes";
    - switch, shift
     
  5. Put on different clothes
    "Change before you go to the opera"
     
  6. Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
    "He changed his name";
    - exchange, commute, convert
     
  7. Give to, and receive from, one another
    "Would you change places with me?";
    - exchange, interchange
     
  8. Change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
    "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast";
    - transfer
     
  9. Become deeper in tone
    "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old";
    - deepen
     
  10. Remove or replace the coverings of
    "Father had to learn how to change the baby"; "After each guest we changed the bed linens"

See also: dynamic, dynamical

Type of: dress, get dressed, go, locomote, move, replace, transfer, travel

Antonym: remain

Encyclopedia: Changing

Change, Saone-et-Loire