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to change something to suit different conditions or uses
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to change something slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable: If the chair is too high you can adjust it to suit you.
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to slightly change the words of a document: [often passive] The contract has now been amended.
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to change the appearance, form, or purpose of something: The old warehouse was converted into offices. How do you convert miles into kilometres?
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to gradually become bad or weak or be destroyed, often because of natural causes like bacteria or age: decaying leavesSugar makes your teeth decay.
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to become worse: Her condition deteriorated rapidly
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to change the shape, sound, or appearance of something so that it seems strange: It's a bad recording - the microphone distorted our voices.
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to suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful: She's already had to endure three painful operations on her leg.
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He has always maintained that he is innocent.
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to continue to do something although it is annoying other people:
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to make a substance pure by removing other substances from it IMPROVE › to improve an idea, method, system, etc by making small changes:
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to stay in the same place or in the same condition. It remains a secret.
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to look at or consider again an idea, piece of writing, etc. in order to correct or improve it: His helpfulness today has made me revise my original opinion/impression of him.
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a change in something: There has been a dramatic shift in public opinion on this matter. a period of work in a place such as a factory or hospital: afternoon/night shift He works an eight-hour shift.
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to stop something from being enjoyable or successful: The picnic was spoiled by the bad weather. I don't want to spoil the fun, but could you turn the music down a bit?
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GRADUAL › happening at a gradual, regular rate: steady economic growth He has had a steady flow/stream of visitors. STILL › still and not shaking: You need steady hands to be a dentist
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someone or something that is used instead of another person or thing: Margarine can be used as a substitute for butter. a substitute teacher
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The team may not be able to sustain this level of performance. The money he received was hardly enough to sustain a wife and five children.
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to change from one thing to another: We're trying to encourage people to switch from cars to bicycles. He's just switched jobs.
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