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slight
Adjective
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A slight increase, difference, etc. is a small change.
This year's 5.6% level is a slight increase from last year's 5.4%.
Don't worry about me. It's just a slight pain
I don't have the slightest idea what she meant.
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If someone is slight, they are thin.
Out stepped a slight, middle-aged woman who smiled kindly.
slight
Verb
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If you slight someone, you treat them as if they were not important.
Ever since that time, he's been slighted by his fellow workers.
slight
Noun
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A slight is when you are not polite to someone.
Has she forgiven him for his slight?
change
Verb
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If you change something, you make it different than before.
Ellen changed the sentence so that it was correct.
change
Noun
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A change is when something becomes different.
The building plan required some small changes.
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When you get change for a bill, you get smaller bills or coins that equal the amount of the original bill. For example, if you get change for a $5 bill, you may get five $1 bills or you may get four $1 bills and coins that add up to $1 or you may get some other combination of bills and coins.
Can I get change for this $100 bill please?
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A change is a replacement.
I brought a change of clothes, just in case.