noun
1. an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another (Freq. 4)
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the change was intended to increase sales
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this storm is certainly a change for the worse
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the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago
• Syn: ↑change, ↑modification
• Hypernyms: ↑happening, ↑occurrence, ↑occurrent, ↑natural event
• Hyponyms:
↑acceleration, ↑deceleration, ↑slowing, ↑retardation, ↑avulsion, ↑break, ↑mutation, ↑sublimation, ↑surprise, ↑birth, ↑nativity, ↑nascency, ↑nascence, ↑separation, ↑breakup, ↑detachment, ↑vagary, ↑variation, ↑fluctuation, ↑conversion, ↑death, ↑decease, ↑expiry, ↑decrease, ↑lessening, ↑drop-off, ↑destabilization, ↑increase, ↑easing, ↑moderation, ↑relief, ↑deformation, ↑transition, ↑transformation, ↑transmutation, ↑shift, ↑twinkle, ↑scintillation, ↑sparkling, ↑shimmer, ↑play, ↑damage, ↑harm, ↑impairment, ↑development, ↑revolution, ↑genetic mutation, ↑chromosomal mutation, ↑sex change, ↑loss of consciousness
2. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑modification, ↑adjustment
• Derivationally related forms: ↑adjust (for: ↑adjustment), ↑modify (for: ↑modification), ↑alter
• Hypernyms: ↑change
• Hyponyms: ↑loosening, ↑laxation, ↑tightening, ↑accommodation, ↑adaptation, ↑tune
3. the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
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it would require a drastic revision of his opinion
• Syn: ↑revision
• Hypernyms: ↑transformation, ↑translation
• Hyponyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.