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alteration

noun

1 alteration

An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.

synonyms: change, modification.

Roget 20a: variation; alteration etc. (change) 140.    modification, moods and tenses; discrepance, discrepancy.    divergency etc. 291; deviation etc. ... show more

Roget 140: change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, ... show more

Roget 15: difference; variance, variation, variety; diversity, dissimilarity etc. 18; disagreement etc. 24; disparity etc. ... show more

Dutch: afwisseling, alternantie, alternatie, alternering, variatie, variƫteit, verandering
Polish: odmiana, zmiana

2 alteration

The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment).

synonyms: adjustment, modification.

Dutch: modificatie, aanpassing, mutatie
Polish: modyfikacja

3 alteration

The act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification).

synonym: revision.

Dutch: herziening, redres, revisie
Polish: rewizja


Moby thesaurus: about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, amelioration, analysis, anatomization, apostasy, atomization, betterment, break, change, change of heart, changeableness, changeover, constructive change, continuity, conversion, defection, degeneration ... show more.

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