change-up change-of-pace change-of-pace ball off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
about-face volte-face reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
change | the action of changing something, the change of government had no impact on the economy, his change on abortion cost him the election |
pitching change | replacing a pitcher in baseball |
change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics |
oil change | replacing dirty oil with clean |
change of color | an act that changes the light that something reflects |
change of direction reorientation | the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented |
change of course | a change in the direction that you are moving |
change of magnitude | the act of changing the amount or size of something |
change of integrity | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something |
change of shape | an action that changes the shape of something |
post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
change ringing | ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
public office | a position concerning the people as a whole |
function office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
office | a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities, the offices of the mass |
Divine Office | canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church) |
Little Office | a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary, similar to but shorter than the Divine Office |
Office of the Dead | an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church |
land-office business | very large and profitable volume of commercial activity |
box office ticket office ticket booth | the office where tickets of admission are sold |
change | a different or fresh set of clothes, she brought a change in her overnight bag |
change | a thing that is different, he inspected several changes before selecting one |
checkroom left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
government office | an office where government employees work |
headquarters central office main office home office home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
land office | a government office where business relating to public lands is transacted |
life office | life assurance office |
loan office | an office where loans are negotiated and repaid |
office business office | place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed, he rented an office in the new building |
office building office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
office furniture | furniture intended for use in an office |
Oval Office | the office of the President of the United States in the White House |
pawnbroker's shop pawnshop loan office | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security |
Post-Office box PO Box POB call box letter box | a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for |
shipping office | the office of a shipping agent, an office where seamen are hired |
variety change | a difference that is usually pleasant, he goes to France for variety, it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic |
reversal change of mind flip-flop turnabout turnaround | a decision to reverse an earlier decision |
change alteration modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another, the change was intended to increase sales, this storm is certainly a change for the worse, the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago |
change of location travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something |
sea change | a profound transformation |
sex change | a change in a person's physical sexual characteristics (as by surgery and hormone treatments) |
bureau de change | (French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money |
Foreign Office | the government department in charge of foreign relations |
Home Office | the government department in charge of domestic affairs |
French Foreign Office Quai d'Orsay | the French department in charge of foreign affairs, referred to familiarly by its address in Paris |
personnel department personnel office personnel staff office | the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management |
federal department federal office department of the federal government | a department of the federal government of the United States |