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changeover

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A conversion or transition from one thing to another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an event that results in a transformation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conversion, transition

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transformation, transmutation, shift

Narrower terms: glycogenesis, isomerization, isomerisation, rectification

History

Etymology

Deverbal from change over.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: превключване (prevključvane) — conversion or transition
  • Bulgarian: пренастройка (prenastrojka) — conversion or transition
  • Dutch: verwerking — conversion or transition
  • Dutch: ombouw — conversion or transition
  • Dutch: bekering — conversion or transition
  • Dutch: conversie — conversion or transition
  • Finnish: vaihto — conversion or transition
  • French: changement — conversion or transition
  • French: passage — conversion or transition
  • French: transition — conversion or transition
  • French: conversion — conversion or transition
  • French: transposition — conversion or transition
  • French: commutation — conversion or transition
  • Hungarian: váltás — conversion or transition
  • Hungarian: átváltás — conversion or transition
  • Hungarian: áttérés — conversion or transition
  • Hungarian: átállás — conversion or transition
  • Hungarian: átkapcsolás — conversion or transition
  • Hungarian: irányváltoztatás — conversion or transition
  • Hungarian: helycsere — conversion or transition
  • Hungarian: őrségváltás — conversion or transition