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change
English
Etymology
From Middle English changen, chaungen, from Old French changier, from Late Latin cambi?re, from Latin camb?re, present active infinitive of cambi? (“exchange, barter”), from Gaulish cambion, *kambyom (“change”), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)?ambos, *(s)kambos (“crooked”).
Cognate with Italian cambiare, Portuguese cambiar, Romanian schimba, Spanish cambiar. Used in English since the 13th century. Displaced native Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, change”) (whence English wend).
The noun is from Middle English change, chaunge, from Old French change, from the verb changier. See also exchange. Possibly related from the same source is Old English gombe.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ch?nj, IPA(key): /t?e?nd?/
- Rhymes: -e?nd?
Verb
change (third-person singular simple present changes, present participle changing, simple past and past participle changed)
- (intransitive) To become something different.
- (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
- (transitive) To replace.
- (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
- (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
- (archaic) To exchange.
- 1610, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- At the first sight / they have changed eyes. (exchanged looks)
- 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
- I would give any thing to change a word or two with this person.
- 1610, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- to change a horse
Synonyms
- (to make something different): alter, modify, make another
- (to make something into something different): transform
Derived terms
Related terms
- exchange
Translations
Noun
change (countable and uncountable, plural changes)
- (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
- (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- (countable) A replacement.
- (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
- (uncountable) Usually coins (as opposed to paper money), but sometimes inclusive of paper money
- (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
- (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
- 1727-1728, Edward Burt, Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London
- They call an alehouse a change.
- 1727-1728, Edward Burt, Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "change": big, small, major, minor, dramatic, drastic, rapid, slow, gradual, radical, evolutionary, revolutionary, abrupt, sudden, unexpected, incremental, social, economic, organizational, technological, personal, cultural, political, technical, environmental, institutional, educational, genetic, physical, chemical, industrial, geological, global, local, good, bad, positive, negative, significant, important, structural, strategic, tactical.
Synonyms
- (the process of becoming different): transition, transformation
Related terms
- (transfer): interchange
- exact change
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- modification
- mutation
- evolution
- reorganization
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “change”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
French
Etymology
Deverbal from changer (corresponding to Old French change). Compare Medieval and Late Latin cambium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????/
Noun
change m (plural changes)
- exchange
Derived terms
- bureau de change
- gagner au change
- lettre de change
Verb
change
- first-person singular present indicative of changer
- third-person singular present indicative of changer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of changer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of changer
- second-person singular imperative of changer
Related terms
- changer
- changeur
Further reading
- “change” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Alternative forms
- chànge (Guernsey)
Etymology
Borrowed from French change and English change.
Noun
change m (plural changes)
- (Jersey) change
- (Jersey, money) exchange rate
Old French
Alternative forms
- cange (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
Deverbal of changier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??an.d???/
Noun
change m (oblique plural changes, nominative singular changes, nominative plural change)
- change (difference between one state and another)
- exchange
Descendants
- ? Middle English: change
- English: change
- French: change
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sway
English
Etymology
Earlier swey (“to fall, swoon”), from Middle English sweyen, from Old Norse sveigja (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-Germanic *swaigijan? (compare Saterland Frisian swooie (“to swing, wave, wobble”), Dutch zwaaien, Dutch Low Saxon sweuen (“to sway in the wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh?- (compare Lithuanian sva?gti (“to become giddy or dizzy”), the second element of Avestan ????????????????????-????????????????????????????? (pairi-šxuaxta, “to surround”), Sanskrit ?????? (svájate, “he embraces, enfolds”).
The noun derived from the verb.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sw?, IPA(key): /swe?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
sway (countable and uncountable, plural sways)
- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- A rocking or swinging motion.
- Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
- Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- Rule; dominion; control; power.
- A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
Translations
Verb
sway (third-person singular simple present sways, present participle swaying, simple past and past participle swayed)
- To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
- To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
- To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
- This was the race / To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.
- To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- Let not temporal and little advantages sway you against a more durable interest.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- (nautical) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
- To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- The balance sways on our part.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- To have weight or influence.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- The example of sundry churches […] doth sway much.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
Derived terms
- asway
Translations
See also
- persuade
Anagrams
- -ways, Yaws, ways, yaws
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