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# changer

noun (a changer, changers)

«changer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person or thing that changes something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#m1)
2. A machine that changes things, like a coin changer that gives you smaller coins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#m2)
3. Game changer: something that changes a situation in a big way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used mostly in phrases: game changer, money changer, coin changer, nappy changer (a changing table). In stories about the Bible, Jesus turned over the tables of the money changers. Phrases: game changer, money changer, coin changer.

### Examples

- The new playground slide was a game changer for our break times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#x1)
- Put a note in the coin changer to get coins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#x2)
- Jesus drove the money changers out of the temple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#x3)
- The internet was a real game changer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#x4)
- My bike's gear changer is broken. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#x5)
- A good teacher can be a life changer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#x6)
- The baby changer is in the toilets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#x7)
- My son is a money-changer, and if you will follow me he will weigh them for you himself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#x8)

### Note

Countable: changers. Mostly used in compound phrases. "Game changer" is informal. From the verb change + -er (the one who does it).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «changer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«changer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/changer.html) on Mova free.