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(verb) change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
turn, change by reversal, reverse
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(verb) give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"
shape, form
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(verb) change from one form into another; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks"
make
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(verb) subject to a mathematical transformation
transform
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(verb) change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil"
translate, transform
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(verb) change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another"
transubstantiate, transform, transmute
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(verb) to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
improve, meliorate, ameliorate, amend, better
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(verb) change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt"
convert, change over
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(verb) change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"
convert
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(verb) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
substitute, replace, exchange, interchange
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(verb) make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"
alter
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(verb) change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
transform, metamorphose, transmute
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(verb) cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"
interchange, counterchange, transpose
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(verb) cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population"
convert
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(verb) move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"
shift
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(verb) destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set"
break, break up
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(verb) change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; "She converted to Buddhism"
convert
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(verb) cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics; "The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold"
turn
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(verb) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
alter, change, modify
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(verb) make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
shift, change over, switch
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(verb) exchange a penalty for a less severe one
commute, exchange, convert
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(verb) change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"
transfigure, metamorphose, transmogrify
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(verb) become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
break, crack, check
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(verb) change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
shift
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(verb) change in quality; "His tone shifted"
shift
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(verb) be broken in; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"
break
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(verb) become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
change, deepen
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(verb) change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"
convert
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(verb) undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"
become, turn
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(verb) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
turn, grow
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(verb) stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
fail, give out, break, go bad, conk out, die, go, give way, break down
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(verb) break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
give, break, founder, fall in, collapse, cave in, give way
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(verb) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
interchange, switch, flip, alternate, flip-flop, tack
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(verb) undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
change
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