{
    "term": "change",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "change",
            "heSheIt": "changes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "changed",
        "pastParticiple": "changed",
        "ingForm": "changing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to become different",
            "sensetop": "change with something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Rick hasn't changed. He looks exactly the same as he did at school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We examined changing attitudes towards education."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company failed to adapt to **changing circumstances**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Things have **changed dramatically** since then."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her life changed completely when she won the lottery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My attitude to life has changed with age.",
                    "contextForm": "change with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Social attitudes are changing fast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her voice changed subtly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jane has changed a lot since she went to college."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our way of life has changed dramatically over the last ten years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The language is changing all the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The place had changed out of all recognition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The town has actually changed very little in the last hundred years."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect", "Weather"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "drastically"],
                "preposition": ["from", "into", "to"],
                "phrases": ["change out of all recognition"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make somebody/something different",
            "sensetop": "change somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Fame hasn't really changed him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That experience **changed my life**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The internet has changed the way people work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Technology has changed the way people work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It can be hard to get people to change their habits."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Technology has forever changed the way businesses operate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This incident changed the whole course of events."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "drastically"],
                "preposition": ["from", "into", "to"],
                "phrases": ["change out of all recognition"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to pass from one state or form into another; to make somebody/something pass from one state or form into another",
            "sensetop": "change from A to/into Bchange to/into somethingchange A to/into Bchange somebody/something from A to/into B",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Wait for the traffic lights to change."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The lights changed from red to green.",
                    "contextForm": "change from A to/into B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The lights changed to green.",
                    "contextForm": "change to/into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Caterpillars change into butterflies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With a wave of her magic wand, she changed the frog into a handsome prince.",
                    "contextForm": "change A to/into B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He managed to change the mood from tense to relaxed in minutes.",
                    "contextForm": "change somebody/something from A to/into B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Caracas changed from a small town into a busy city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His anger changed to sadness."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "drastically"],
                "preposition": ["from", "into", "to"],
                "phrases": ["change out of all recognition"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to stop having one state, position or direction and start having another",
            "sensetop": "change something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Leaves change colour in autumn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wind has changed direction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our ship changed course."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fruit changes colour as it ripens."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to replace one thing, person, service, etc. with something new or different",
            "sensetop": "change somebody/somethingchange A for Bchange A to B",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I want to change my doctor.",
                    "contextForm": "change somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't **change my name** when I got married."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That back tyre needs changing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We change our car every two years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The law was changed in 2001."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't change the subject!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We changed the car for a bigger one.",
                    "contextForm": "change A for B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She decided not to change her name to his.",
                    "contextForm": "change A to B"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to exchange positions, places, etc. with somebody else, so that you have what they have, and they have what you have",
            "sensetop": "change somethingchange something with somebody",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "At half-time the teams change ends.",
                    "contextForm": "change something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We asked the waiter if we could change tables."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can I change seats with you?",
                    "contextForm": "change something with somebody"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to exchange money into the money of another country",
            "sensetop": "change somethingchange A into B",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I need to change some euros.",
                    "contextForm": "change something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to change dollars into yen",
                    "contextForm": "change A into B"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to exchange money for the same amount in different coins or notes",
            "sensetop": "change somethingchange A for/into B",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Can you change a £20 note?",
                    "contextForm": "change something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The storekeeper changed my dollar bill for four quarters.",
                    "contextForm": "change A for/into B"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "to exchange something that you have bought for something else, especially because there is something wrong with it; to give a customer a new item because there is something wrong with the one they have bought",
            "sensetop": "change A for Bchange something",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This shirt I bought's too small—I'll have to change it for a bigger one.",
                    "contextForm": "change A for B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Of course we'll change it for a larger size, Madam."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you bring the dress back with the receipt, you can change it.",
                    "contextForm": "change something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "to go from one bus, train, etc. to another in order to continue a journey",
            "sensetop": "change something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Where do I have to change?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Change at Reading (for London)."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I stopped in Moscow only to change planes.",
                    "contextForm": "change something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by bus and train", "Transport by air"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "to put on different or clean clothes",
            "sensetop": "change into somethingchange out of somethingchange something",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I went into the bedroom to change."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She changed into her swimsuit.",
                    "contextForm": "change into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need to change out of those wet things.",
                    "contextForm": "change out of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't have time to **change clothes** before the party."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't have time to **get changed** before the party *(= to put different clothes on)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 12,
            "definition": "to put clean clothes or a clean nappy on a baby",
            "sensetop": "change somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She can't even change a nappy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The baby needs changing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are baby changing facilities in all our stores."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 13,
            "definition": "to put clean sheets, etc. on a bed",
            "sensetop": "change something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to change the sheets"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Could you help me change the bed?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to pass to a different owner",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The house has changed hands several times."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to change to a different or new activity while you are in the middle of something else; to change from supporting one person or thing to another",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to change a decision or an opinion",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Nothing will make me change my mind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What made you change your mind?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions", "Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be in somebody else’s situation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm perfectly happy—I wouldn't change places with anyone."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to express a different opinion or behave in a different way when your situation changes",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Wait until it happens to him—he'll soon change his tune."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to start to live or behave in a different way from before",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was in trouble with the police as a teenager but now he’s completely changed his ways."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your father is unlikely to change his ways now."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to keep changing your mind or what you are doing",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "people cannot change their character, especially if they have a bad character",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You didn’t really expect her to be on time, did you? A leopard can’t change its spots."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃeɪndʒ/",
                "audio": "ch/change/change__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃeɪndʒɪz/",
                "audio": "ch/change/changes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃeɪndʒd/",
                "audio": "ch/change/changed__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ch/change/changing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃeɪndʒ/",
                "audio": "ch/change/change__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃeɪndʒɪz/",
                "audio": "ch/change/changes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃeɪndʒd/",
                "audio": "ch/change/changed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ch/change/changing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French change (noun), changer (verb), from late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambire ‘barter’, probably of Celtic origin."
}