"treechange" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹiːˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-treechange.ogg [Australia] Forms: treechanges [plural]
Rhymes: -iːtʃeɪndʒ Etymology: From tree + change, modelled after seachange. According to the Australian author and demographer Bernard Salt, the word was coined by “a subeditor” in 2003 and thereafter adopted by him. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tree|change}} tree + change, {{m|en|seachange}} seachange Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} treechange (countable and uncountable, plural treechanges)
  1. (uncountable) A movement of people from cities to the countryside. Tags: Australia, uncountable
    Sense id: en-treechange-en-noun-G0nIJDY8
  2. (countable) An act of relocating from an urban to a rural community. Tags: Australia, countable
    Sense id: en-treechange-en-noun-nP834n-X Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Australian English: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: treechanger

Inflected forms

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