Usually means: Significant shift in current state.
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  1. step change: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. step change: Merriam-Webster
  3. step change: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. step change: Collins English Dictionary
  5. step-change: Wordnik
  6. step change: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. step change: Wiktionary
  8. step change: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (step change)

▸ noun:  A sudden, discontinuous change.

Similar:
suddenism, change-up, sudden, bolt, start, startle, mindquake, avulsion, upheaval, spike, more...

Opposite:
gradual change, incremental change, continuous change

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Similar:
suddenism, change-up, sudden, bolt, start, startle, mindquake, avulsion, upheaval, spike, more...

Opposite:
gradual change, incremental change, continuous change



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