| has gloss | (noun) the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
change |
| lexicalization | eng: change |
| subclass of | (noun) something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
action |
| has subclass | (noun) act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite; "the satisfaction of their demand for better services"
satisfaction |
| has subclass | (noun) the action of rendering national in character
nationalization, nationalisation |
| has subclass | (noun) a change from private property to public property owned by the community
communisation, communization |
| has subclass | (noun) the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion
secularization, secularisation |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty
rollover |
| has subclass | (noun) a major change in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy"
volte-face, about-face, reversal, policy change |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another)
adulteration |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire"
move, relocation |
| has subclass | (noun) a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle
downshift |
| has subclass | (noun) a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one
downshift |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter
filtration |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of reducing complexity
simplification, reduction |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing to a decimal system; "the decimalization of British currency"
decimalisation, decimalization |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds
metrification, metrication |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"
variation |
| has subclass | (noun) act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years"
turning |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered); "my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments"; "he limited his losses by diversification of his product line"
diversification, variegation |
| has subclass | (noun) in constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry"
flux |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
switching, switch, shift |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"
commutation, exchange, substitution |
| has subclass | (noun) act of raising in rank or position
promotion |
| has subclass | (noun) act of lowering in rank or position
demotion |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
change of state |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
adjustment, alteration, modification |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
motion, movement, move |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
movement |
| has subclass | (noun) a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
motion, move, movement, motility |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented
reorientation, change of direction |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing the amount or size of something
change of magnitude |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
change of integrity |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
conversion |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something); "criminal records need regular updating"
updating |
| has subclass | (noun) an action that changes the shape of something
change of shape |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
entail |
| has subclass | e/New religious movement |