changeとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: chānj, IPA^(key): /tʃeɪndʒ/
• 韻: -eɪndʒ

動詞

change (三人称単数 現在形 changes, 現在分詞 changing, 過去形および過去分詞形 changed)

1. (intransitive) To become something different.

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

2. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
   • 2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 407, number 8835, page 80:

     Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.

   • 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:

     Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. […] A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.

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

3. (transitive) To replace.

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

4. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.

   You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing.   The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started.

5. (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).

   It's your turn to change the baby.

6. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
7. (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.

8. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).

   to change a horse

同意語

• (to make something different): alter, modify, make another
• (to make something into something different): transform

派生語

関連する語

• exchange

名詞

change (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 changes)

Loose change

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
   • 2008, Nick Cave (lyrics かつ music), “Jesus Of The Moon”, in Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:

     Cause people often talk about being scared of change / But for me I'm more afraid of things staying the same

   • 2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist‎^[2], volume 407, number 8835, page 80:

     Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.

   The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.

2. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.

   Can I get change for this $100 bill please?

3. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes
   • 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, in BBC‎^[3]:

     After beating champions Chelsea 3-1 on Boxing Day, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger made eight changes to his starting XI in an effort to freshen things up, with games against Birmingham and Manchester City to come in the next seven days.

4. (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.

   A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change.

5. (uncountable) Usually coins (as opposed to paper money), but sometimes inclusive of paper money

   Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call.

   This bus ride requires exact change.

6. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.

   The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham.

   • 2019 October, John Glover, “Heathrow rail expansion”, in Modern Railways, page 72:

     It [the Elizabeth Line] will provide a 6tph (trains per hour) service and with a single change at Hayes & Harlington offer services towards Reading.

7. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
8. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
   • (Can we date this quote by Holder かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.

9. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
10. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
    • (Can we date this quote by Burt かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

      They call an alehouse a change.

使用する際の注意点

• 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.

同意語

• (the process of becoming different): transition, transformation

関連する語

• (transfer): interchange
• exact change

派生語

参考

• modification
• mutation
• evolution
• reorganization

参照

• “change” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.