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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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possibility
English
Etymology
From Middle French possibilité, from Old French possibilite, from Late Latin possibilit?s (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?s??b?liti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?s??b?liti/
- Hyphenation: pos?si?bil?i?ty
- Rhymes: -?l?ti
Noun
possibility (countable and uncountable, plural possibilities)
- The quality of being possible.
- A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
- An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
Synonyms
- (the quality of being possible):
- (a thing possible): contingency; See also Thesaurus:possibility
- (an option or choice): choice, option; See also Thesaurus:option
Antonyms
- impossibility; See also Thesaurus:impossibility
Derived terms
- logical possibility
- possibility theory
Related terms
- impossibility
- possible
- potence
- potency
- potent
- potentate
- potential
- potentiality
- power
Translations
Further reading
- possibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- possibility in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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- what possibility of having twins
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