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substitute, Colloq swap or swop: I won't be a minute, I just<br />

want to change my shoes. I'd like to change this shirt for a<br />

larger size. 6 modify, alter, modulate; mutate, transform,<br />

metamorphose: <strong>An</strong>toinette has changed since her marriage. I<br />

never thought anyone would be able to make her change her mind.<br />

7 fluctuate, shift, vary; vacillate: <strong>The</strong> temperature <strong>of</strong>ten<br />

changes very rapidly here. 8 change to or into. turn into,<br />

become, transform, mutate, transmute, convert, metamorphose:<br />

<strong>The</strong> alchemists tried to change base metal into gold. Every<br />

winter changes into spring - sooner or later.<br />

changeable<br />

adj. 1 variable, mutable, protean, inconstant, unstable,<br />

unsettled, shifting, uncertain, irregular, uneven,<br />

unpredictable, labile, capricious, erratic, fickle, unreliable,<br />

undependable, mercurial, volatile: <strong>The</strong> weather has been<br />

changeable for the past week. 2 alterable, modifiable,<br />

transformable, convertible: <strong>The</strong>ir meeting-places were<br />

changeable and known only to them.<br />

changeless<br />

adj. 1 unchanging, unvaried, eternal, permanent, fixed, stable;<br />

unchangeable, immutable, unalterable, inevitable, uniform: We<br />

studied photographs <strong>of</strong> the changeless Martian landscape. <strong>The</strong><br />

fundamental truths <strong>of</strong> the Gospel are changeless. 2 abiding,<br />

permanent, constant, perpetual, everlasting, steadfast,<br />

unvarying, unchanging: Nothing could alter my changeless love<br />

for you.<br />

channel n. 1 watercourse, canal, waterway, ditch, aqueduct, sluice,<br />

trench, trough, gutter, moat; river-bed, stream-bed: <strong>The</strong><br />

engineers dug a channel to drain the swamp. 2 strait, narrows,<br />

neck: <strong>The</strong> English Channel connects the North Sea with the<br />

Atlantic Ocean. 3 furrow, groove, flute: <strong>The</strong> channels cut into<br />

this column are not straight. 4 course, means, way, approach,<br />

avenue, medium, path, artery, conduit: We have to open a new<br />

channel <strong>of</strong> communication with the terrorists.<br />

--v. 5 direct, convey, pass, guide, lead, conduct: <strong>The</strong>ir<br />

grievances are being channelled through the information <strong>of</strong>ficer.<br />

chant n. 1 song, psalm, hymn, canticle, plainsong, plainchant,<br />

mantra, paean, dirge, monody, descant, carol; singsong: <strong>The</strong> war

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