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English

Etymology

compare with French altération.

Pronunciation

IPA: WEAE /ɔl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən/

An audio transcript can be found at en-us-alteration.ogg

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪʃǝn|-eɪʃǝn

Noun

The act of altering or making different.
* 1594, w:Richard Hooker|Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity,
*: …alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences…
The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
* 1892, w:Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur Conan Doyle, s:The Resident Scholar|The Resident Scholar in ''s:The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes|The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes,
*: …and I saw by the alteration in your face that a train of thought had been started.

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Alteration \Al`ter*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. alt['e]ration.]
1. The act of altering or making different.
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Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath
in it incoveniences. --Hooker.
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2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or
nature of a thing; changed condition.
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Ere long might perceive
Strange alteration in me. --Milton.
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Appius Claudius admitted to the senate the sons of
those who had been slaves; by which, and succeeding
alterations, that council degenerated into a most
corrupt. --Swift.
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WordNet alteration
n 1: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or
phase to another; "the change was intended to increase
sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the
worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few
modifications since his last visit years ago" [syn: change,
modification]
2: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a
garment) [syn: modification, adjustment]
3: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration
and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of
his opinion" [syn: revision]

Moby Dictionary
about-face , accommodation , adaptation , adjustment , amelioration ,
analysis , anatomization , apostasy , atomization , betterment , break ,
change , change of heart , changeableness , changeover ,
constructive change , continuity , conversion , defection ,
degeneration , degenerative change , demarcation , desynonymization ,
deterioration , deviation , difference , differencing ,
differentiation , discontinuity , discrimination , disequalization ,
disjunction , distinction , distinguishment , divergence ,
diversification , diversion , diversity , division , fitting ,
flip-flop , fluctuation , gradual change , improvement ,
individualization , individuation , melioration , metamorphosis ,
mitigation , modification , modulation , mutation , overthrow ,
particularization , passage , personalization , qualification ,
radical change , re-creation , realignment , redesign , reform ,
reformation , remaking , renewal , reshaping , restructuring , reversal ,
revision , revival , revivification , revolution , segregation ,
separation , severalization , severance , shift , shilly-shally ,
specialization , sudden change , switch , total change ,
transformation , transit , transition , turn , turnabout , upheaval ,
vacillation , variation , variety , violent change , wavering ,
worsening