change Flashcards
adapt(v)
to charge your ideas or behavour so that you can deal with a new situation.
adjust (v)
to change sth. slightly in order to make it better, more acurate or more effective.
alternate (v)
if one thing alternate with another, it happens after it and keeps being repeated.
akternate (adj)
- happening on one day, week, etc. but not on the day, week that immediately follows.
- different from sth. elseand able to be used instead of it.
alternative (n)
something that you can chose instead of sth. else.
amend (v)
to make changes to a document, law, agreement, especially in order to improve it.
convert (v)
- to change from one system, use or method to another, or to make sth. do this.
- to change your beliefs, espcially your religious beliefs, or to persuade someone to do this.
convert (n)
someone who has changed their beliefs in an important way.
decay (v)
to be gradully destroyeed as a result of a natural process f change, or to destroy something in this way.
deteriorate (v)
to become worse.
distort (v)
to change sth. such as information so that it is no longer true or accurate.
dynamic (adj)
continuosly changing, growing or developing.
endure (v)
- to suffer sth. unpleasant or difficult in a patient way over a long time.
- to last for a long time.
envolve (v)
- when a type of plant or animal evolves, it’s physical form changes over a long period of time.
- to gradually change and develop over a period of time.
influence (v)
to affect the way someone thinks or behaves or affect the way sth. happens.
innovative (adj)
new, original, advanced
last (v)
to continue existing or happening for or until a particular time.
mantain (v)
to make sth. stay the same way.
mature (v)
to start behaving like an adult and become more sensible as you get older.
modify (v)
to chage sth. slightly especially in order to improve it or to make it less extreme.
novel (adj)
new or unusual
persist (v)
to continue to do or say sth. in a determined way
potential (n)
the possibility to develop or achieve sth. in the future.
progress (v)
to continue to develop or more forward.
radical (adj)
a radic change or way of doing sth. is new and very different from unsual way.
refine (v)
to ame some changes to sth. in order to improve it.
reform (v)
to improve a situation by correcting things that re wrong or unfair, or make a system more effectively.
remain (v)
to continue to be in a particular situation or condition.
revise (v)
- to change your opinion or judgemet of so. or sth.
2. to change, improove or make additions to sth.
revolution (n)
a sudden or major change, especially in ideas or methods.
shift (n)
a change in sth. for exemple in someone’s ideas or opinions.
spoil (v)
to affect sth in a way that makes it worse, less attractive or less enjoyable.
status quo
the present situation or the way things usually are.
steady (adj)
- firmly held in a particular position without moving.
2. studying at the same level, speed, value.
sustain (v)
to provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist.
switch (v)
to replace one object with another.
switch (n)
- a change ffrom one thing ot another.
2. sth. such as a botton or key that controls the electrical supply to a light, machine..
transform (v)
to make so. or sth. completely different, usually in a way that makes them more attractive, easier to use, etc.
trend (n)
gradual change or development that produces a particular result.
uniform (adj)
the same everywhere.
