Collocations for "change"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "change" in context.
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change
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- change your [hair, wardrobe, clothes, pants, image]
- change [places, positions, seats]
- change [buses, trains, trams] (at)
- change your [name, address, apartment]
- [decided, was forced] to change her [name]
- change your [pace, attitude, point of view, outlook]
- your attitude has changed
- change your [mind, feelings towards, opinion of]
- make you change your mind (about)
- change your [username, password, tune]
- change the [subject, topic]
- change [the world, your community]
- change color
- change out of your [wet, dirty] clothes
- changed to [protect, conceal] his identity
- changed from [one] to [another]
- changed [recently, over time]
- changed [into, back from]
- change into [dry, clean, fresh] clothes
- change [his, the baby's] (dirty) diaper
- nothing has changed
- [might, could, will] change
- [likely, bound, unlikely] to change
- [barely, hardly, radically] changed
- change [slightly, drastically]
- (can you) change a [fifty, $50 bill]
- the [price, value] changed
- change [it, things] up a little
- a [significant, major, radical, slight] change
- a [regime, political] change
- [combat, fight] climate change
- [fight, strive] for social change
- made a [location, setting, time] change (to)
- [applied, submitted] a name change
- [at, during] the shift change
- is time to make a change
- a time of (great) change
- has [undergone, seen, been] a sea change
- [need, brought] a change of [clothes, clothing]
- made a change to the [contract, paper, directions]
- (need to) make a few small changes (to)
- needs an oil change every [6,000] miles
- [underwent, saw, experienced] a radical change
- has been a change over [time, the last year]
- a [5%] change in [unemployment, worth, GDP]
- a change of address
- a change of [direction, tone, policy, management]
- a change [of, in] the weather
- [need, want, just for] a change of [scene, scenery]
- a change for the [better, worse]
- fighting for a change (to be made) in the law
- a change [would, will] do you good
- a change is as good as a rest
- change is in the air
- the [government, coach, boss] rang the changes
- ring (in) the changes [with, by]
- had a change of heart
- so you have any spare change?
- have no change to spare
- [you] forgot your change!
- here's your change
- have [$4] in change
- let's [eat out, go dancing] for a change
- just for a change
- a change machine
'change' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
about
- adapt
- add
- address
- advanced
- advocate
- agenda
- agent
- aim
- allocation
- alter
- alternatively
- amenable
- amount
- angle
- any
- assembly
- atmosphere
- attention
- attitude
- autumn
- availability
- axis
- balance
- bandage
- battery
- beard
- bed
- bedding
- bedroom
- beg
- beggar
- behavior
- better
- billing
- blueprint
- bold
- bring
- browser
- buck
- career
- carrier
- cartridge
- catalyst
- channel
- chill
- chunk
- climate
- clock
- consistency