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Alteration

//ɔl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of altering or making different. countable, uncountable

    "…alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences…"

  2. 2
    the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of altering or making different.; A minor adjustment to clothing, such as hemming or shortening, to make it fit better. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) wordnet
  5. 5
    The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition. countable, uncountable

    "…and I saw by the alteration in your face that a train of thought had been started."

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  1. 6
    an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another wordnet

Etymology

From Old French alteracion (French altération), from Medieval Latin alterātiō. Morphologically alter + -ation.

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