CHANGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does changing mean? 

• CHANGING (adjective)
  The adjective CHANGING has 1 sense:

1. marked by continuous change or effective action

  Familiarity information: CHANGING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHANGING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by continuous change or effective action

Synonyms:

changing; ever-changing

Similar:

dynamic; dynamical (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality)

 Context examples 

Octopuses have thousands of color-changing cells called chromatophores that lie just under the surface of the skin.

(Octopuses can dream, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"This new view of dissolved phosphorus will be critical to understanding how life is responding to a changing ocean," said Mike Sieracki, a program director in NSF's Division of Ocean Sciences.

(Study reveals new patterns of key ocean nutrient, National Science Foundation)

Understanding thresholds and tipping points is fundamental to predicting the future behavior of Earth's surface under changing environmental conditions.

(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)

This suggests something is changing in your career life, and it looks like it will be beneficial.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Darcy made no answer, and seemed desirous of changing the subject.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Our paper rewrites the history of Late Antiquity from an environmental perspective that doesn't assume plague was responsible for changing the world, said Merle Eisenberg, also of the synthesis center.

(Justinianic plague not a landmark pandemic?, National Science Foundation)

The removal of triglycerides from vLDL by lipoprotein lipase leaves a greater proportion of cholesterol, increasing the density of the particle and changing it to LDL.

(LDL Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The conductivity could also be tuned by changing the pressure.

(‘Magnetic graphene’ switches between insulator and conductor, University of Cambridge)

The stunning new images of the star’s surface show not only the fading red supergiant but also how its apparent shape is changing.

(ESO Telescope Sees Surface of Dim Betelgeuse, ESO)

"You like Henley," Brissenden said, his expression changing swiftly to large graciousness and tenderness.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)