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# changer

«changer» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person or thing that changes something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a changer, changers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person or thing that changes something. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#m3)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#x1)
- Put a note in the coin changer to get coins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#x2)
- Jesus drove the money changers out of the temple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#x3)
- The internet was a real game changer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#x4)
- My bike's gear changer is broken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#x5)
- A good teacher can be a life changer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/#x6)
- The baby changer is in the toilets. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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).

### In the corpora

- [«It's a voice changer, lol.» They checked: the account was new, with no other friends.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/447-the-fake-friend-online/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «changer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/changer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.