change state

1. 1.

   undergo a transformation or a change of position or action

   “We turned from Socialism to Capitalism”

   “The people turned against the President when he stole the election”

   Synonymsturn

   Broaderchange

   Narrowerwake upzonk outcome totenserelaxreducegaindresscross-fertilizeconceive

Questions about change state

What does change state mean?

change state means "undergo a transformation or a change of position or action".

What is another word for change state?

Close synonyms include turn. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is change state a common word?

change state is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.