changing

chang-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of change; in the process of becoming different.

  2. 2.

    Undergoing or characterized by change.

  3. 3.

    The act or process of making or becoming different.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    changing room — a room for changing clothes
  • •
    changing of the guard — the ceremonial replacement of guards
  • •
    times are changing — things are becoming different
  • •
    ever-changing — constantly in flux

Related words

Antonyms: preserving, remaining, staying
See also: change, changed, changes, transform
Synonyms: altering, modifying, shifting, transforming

Etymology

Present participle of change, from Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiare ("to exchange").