Change State (Verb)
Meaning
Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The government had to change state after the civil war by adopting a federal system to ensure equal power distribution among the different states.
- The caterpillar will change state from a crawling creature to a beautiful flying butterfly.
- Radical environmental policies caused the state to change from an industrialized economy to a more sustainable and eco-friendly one.
- Scientists successfully made the water change state from a liquid to a solid by reducing its temperature to zero degrees Celsius.
- The US government had to change state from a colonial government to an independent nation following the end of the American Revolutionary War.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- Croak
- Liberate
- Meliorate
- Pass Out
- Burst Forth
- Slim Down
- Calm Down
- Carburise
- Fade Away
- Simmer Down
- Resuscitate
- Go
- Tense Up
- Cool Off
- Ferment
- Kick The Bucket
- Carburize
- Garment
- Combust
- Arouse
- Ameliorate
- Open Up
- Flourish
- Choke
- Chill
- Buy The Farm
- Prosper
- Cross-fertilise
- Come Alive
- Ionise
- Snuff It
- Homogenise
- Pop Off
- Heat Up
- Apparel
- Expire
- Cash In One's Chips
- Put On
- Catalyse
- Loosen Up
- Revive
- Clot
- Exit
- Give-up The Ghost
- Break Loose
- Settle Down
- Pass
- Waken
- Enclothe
- Melt Off
- Shut
- Turn
- Catch Fire
- Wake
- Chill Out
- Work
- Thin
- Conk
- Garb
- Drop Dead
- Take Fire
- Slim
- Fit Out
- Awake
- Basify
- Fly High
- Cool It
- Cool Down
- Fill Up
- Slow Down
- Discharge
- Unwind
- Carbonise
- Raiment
- Awaken
- Improve
- Take Up
- Secularise
- Clabber
- Hot Up
- Decompress
- Inspissate
- Black Out
- Decease
- Fade Out
- Ignite
- Alkalise
- Alkalify
- Relapse
- Conflagrate
- Slenderize
- Decline
- Coagulate
- Tangle With
- Clothe
- Tog
- Habilitate
- Get
- Perish
- Unbend
- Acetify
- Pass Away