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changing

/ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/
verb
  1. To become something different.

    "The tadpole changed into a frog.   Stock prices are constantly changing."

  2. To make something into something else.

    "The fairy changed the frog into a prince.   I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit."

  3. To replace.

    "Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb.   After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt."

Synonymsalter, another, make, modify, transform
noun
  1. Change; alteration.

    "{{quote-book|en|author=George Fox|year=1654|title=epistle LXXVI|passage=And stand steadfast in the unchangeable life and seed of God, which was before changings and alterings were; and which will remain when they all are gone."

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