Word

change state, v.

undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 21

change state turn

sample sentences

"We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"
"The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

also see

turn around turn off

semantic pointers

hyponym

awaken, wake up, awake, arouse, wake, come alive, waken black out, zonk out, pass out come to, revive, resuscitate tense, tense up relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down melt off, reduce, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down gain, put on dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise conceive secularize, secularise citrate equilibrate fall become, get, go decline, worsen improve, better, ameliorate, meliorate disengage overgrow concentrate break acidify, acetify alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify ionize, ionise ossify catalyze, catalyse get worse, relapse fluctuate explode, break loose, burst forth die, perish, pass away, go, expire, drop dead, croak, decease, exit, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, pop off, choke, snuff it be born cloud over carbonize, carbonise cool, chill, cool down heat up, heat, hot up carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise freeze boil burn, combust emaciate Frenchify thin thicken, inspissate solvate react dissolve, fade out, fade away empty, discharge fill, fill up homogenize, homogenise homogenize, homogenise curdle, clabber, clot clot, coagulate sour, turn, ferment, work integrate precipitate calcify coke carnify chondrify emulsify denitrify esterify etherify thrombose open, open up close, shut sorb, take up calm down, cool off, settle down, calm, chill out, simmer down, cool it thrive, prosper, flourish, fly high liberate, emancipate get into, tangle with liquefy erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate

hypernym

verb group

grow, turn become, turn