Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
As a departure from the usual (whether deliberate or not).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- 1931, Robert E. Howard, The TNT Punch (alternate titles: The Waterfront Law, and The Waterfront Wallop), "... But I ain't all softness and mush--feel this here for a change!" And I closed the Kid's eye with a smashing left hander.
- 1993 February 17, Bill Clinton, speech, First State of the Union Address, I'd like to use that Superfund to clean up pollution for a change and not just pay lawyers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: for once
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
-
Finnish:
vaihteeksi
— as a departure from the usual
-
Finnish:
vaihtelun vuoksi
— as a departure from the usual
-
French:
pour changer
— as a departure from the usual
-
German:
zur Abwechslung
— as a departure from the usual
-
Hungarian:
a változatosság kedvéért
— as a departure from the usual
-
Indonesian:
tumben
— as a departure from the usual
-
Indonesian:
sekali-sekali
— as a departure from the usual
-
Polish:
dla odmiany
— as a departure from the usual
-
Polish:
na odmianę
— as a departure from the usual
-
Portuguese:
para variar
— as a departure from the usual
-
Russian:
для разнообра́зия
(dlja raznoobrázija)
— as a departure from the usual
-
Spanish:
para variar
— as a departure from the usual
-
Sundanese:
sinarieun
— as a departure from the usual
-
Swedish:
för omväxlings skull
— as a departure from the usual
