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Changelessness
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| change (tʃeɪndʒ) | |
| —vb (sometimes foll by to | |
| 1. | to make or become different; alter |
| 2. | (tr) to replace with or exchange for another: to change one's name |
| 3. | to transform or convert or be transformed or converted |
| 4. | to give and receive (something) in return; interchange: to change places with someone |
| 5. | (tr) to give or receive (money) in exchange for the equivalent sum in a smaller denomination or different currency |
| 6. | (tr) to remove or replace the coverings of: to change a baby |
| 7. | to put on other clothes |
| 8. | (intr) (of the moon) to pass from one phase to the following one |
| 9. | to operate (the gear lever of a motor vehicle) in order to alter the gear ratio: to change gear |
| 10. | to alight from (one bus, train, etc) and board another |
| 11. | change face to rotate the telescope of a surveying instrument through 180° horizontally and vertically, taking a second sighting of the same object in order to reduce error |
| 12. | informal change feet to put on different shoes, boots, etc |
| 13. | change front |
| a. military to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction | |
| b. to alter one's attitude, opinion, etc | |
| 14. | change hands to pass from one owner to another |
| 15. | change one's mind to alter one's decision or opinion |
| 16. | change one's tune to alter one's attitude or tone of speech |
| —n | |
| 17. | the act or fact of changing or being changed |
| 18. | a variation, deviation, or modification |
| 19. | the substitution of one thing for another; exchange |
| 20. | anything that is or may be substituted for something else |
| 21. | variety or novelty (esp in the phrase for a change): I want to go to France for a change |
| 22. | a different or fresh set, esp of clothes |
| 23. | money given or received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or in a different currency |
| 24. | the balance of money given or received when the amount tendered is larger than the amount due |
| 25. | coins of a small denomination regarded collectively |
| 26. | archaic (often capital) a place where merchants meet to transact business; an exchange |
| 27. | the act of passing from one state or phase to another |
| 28. | the transition from one phase of the moon to the next |
| 29. | the order in which a peal of bells may be rung |
| 30. | sport short for changeover |
| 31. | slang desirable or useful information |
| 32. | obsolete fickleness or caprice |
| 33. | change of heart a profound change of outlook, opinion, etc |
| 34. | slang get no change out of someone not to be successful in attempts to exploit or extract information from someone |
| 35. | ring the changes to vary the manner or performance of an action that is often repeated |
| [C13: from Old French changier, from Latin cambīre to exchange, barter] | |
| 'changeless | |
| —adj | |
| 'changelessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'changelessness | |
| —n | |
| 'changer | |
| —n | |
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