changes

Noun

change (countable and uncountable, plural changes)

1. The process or result of becoming different.
   • The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.

   Synonyms:

   transition, transformation

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.
   • a change of clothes
   1. A replacement of a soiled diaper with a clean one; a diaper change.
      • The baby needs a change
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) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
   • Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call.

See all 19 meanings of change

Noun

chord changes pl (plural only)

1. (plural, plural-only, more specifically) A chord progression.
   • He arrived at my flat one sunny spring afternoon and I played him what I had, humming the vocal melody over the chord changes I’d already written.2014, Gary Wright, “There Goes the Sun”, in Dream Weaver, Jeremy P. Tarcher, →ISBN