English Dictionary

change

/t͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/

noun

(countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different. / (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination. / (countable) A replacement.

I need a change of scenery.

意味（1）

(countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.

Cause people often talk about being scared of change / But for me I'm more afraid of things staying the same

意味（2）

(uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.

Can I get change for this $100 bill please?

意味（3）

(countable) A replacement.

a change of clothes

意味（4）

(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.

A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change.

意味（5）

(uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.

Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call.

意味（6）

(countable) A transfer between vehicles.

The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham.

意味（7）

(baseball) A change-up pitch.

意味（8）

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

Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.

意味（9）

(Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

They call an alehouse a change.