changed

Thân thiện

The tailor changed the hem of the dress.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having undergone a change; different from before: Describes something or someone that is no longer the same as in a previous state or condition.
   • Transformed in constitution, structure, or composition: Specifically used in geology to describe rocks altered by metamorphism.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • Her attitude toward the project has changed completely. (She now has a different attitude than before.)
  • The landscape was utterly changed after the volcanic eruption. (The landscape became different.)
  • Metamorphic rocks are changed by intense heat and pressure. (Their structure is transformed.)

Advanced Usage

• "a changed man/woman": A person who has become fundamentally different in character, behavior, or outlook.
  • After his recovery, he was a changed man, much more positive and grateful.
• Implicit Comparison: The word often implies a comparison with a past state, even if that state is not explicitly mentioned.
  • I returned to a changed city. (The city I returned to was different from the one I left.)

Variants and Related Words

• Change (verb/noun): The act or process of becoming different.
  • Verb: Seasons change. / Noun: a change in policy.
• Unchanged (adjective): Not changed; remaining the same.
• Changeable (adjective): Able to change or be changed; variable.
• Changeling (noun): (In folklore) a child believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents' real child.

Synonyms

• Altered: Modified or changed in some way.
• Transformed: Changed in form, appearance, or character dramatically.
• Modified: Changed slightly, typically to improve or adapt.
• Different: Not the same as another or as before.

Antonyms

• Unchanged: Not changed; remaining the same.
• Constant: Remaining the same over time.
• Static: Lacking in movement, action, or change.

Related Phrases

• Changed beyond recognition: Changed so much that the original form or character is no longer identifiable.
  • The old neighborhood was changed beyond recognition by new development.
• For a change: Used to indicate doing something different from the usual routine.
  • Let's eat out for a change. (This phrase uses the noun "change," not the adjective "changed.")

Học thuật

Adjective

1. changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism
   • metamorphic rocks
2. made or become different in some respect
   • he's an altered (or changed) man since his election to Congress
3. made or become different in nature or form
   • changed attitudes
   • changed styles of dress
   • a greatly changed country after the war