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change — vb Change, alter, vary, modify (and their corresponding nouns change, alteration, variation, modification) are comparable when denoting to make or become different (or when denoting a difference effected). Change and alter are sometimes… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
alternation — vicissitude, *change, mutation, permutation Analogous words: rotation (see corresponding verb ROTATE): oscillation, fluctuation, wavering (see corresponding verbs at SWING): turning, revolving, rotating, wheeling (see TURN vb): recurrence, return … New Dictionary of Synonyms
change — 1. verb 1) this could change the face of television things have changed Syn: alter, make/become different, adjust, adapt, amend, modify, revise, refine; reshape, refashion, redesign, restyle, revamp, rework, r … Thesaurus of popular words
alternation — alternate ► VERB 1) occur or do in turn repeatedly. 2) change repeatedly between two contrasting conditions. ► ADJECTIVE 1) every other. 2) (of two things) each following and succeeded by the other in a regular pattern. 3) chiefly N. Amer.… … English terms dictionary
alternation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. variation, rotation, transposition, shift; see interchange 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Occurrence in successive turns: interchange, rotation. See CHANGE … English dictionary for students
alternation — /ɔltəˈneɪʃən/ (say awltuh nayshuhn), /ɒl / (say ol ) noun alternate succession; appearance, occurrence, or change by turns …
Phonological change — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis … Wikipedia
climate change — Introduction periodic modification of Earth s climate brought about as a result of changes in the atmosphere as well as interactions between the atmosphere and various other geologic, chemical, biological, and geographic factors within the Earth … Universalium
Diathesis alternation — In linguistics the term diathesis alternation or verb alternation[1] refers to the fact that verbs can be used in different subcategorization frames where they slightly change their semantic meaning. It is a hard problem for theoretical… … Wikipedia
in|ter|change — «verb. IHN tuhr CHAYNJ; noun. IHN tuhr CHAYNJ», verb, changed, chang|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to put each of (two or more persons or things) in the place of the other: »to interchange two drawers in a dresser. The two girls interchanged hats. 2. to… … Useful english dictionary
