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alteration - 3 dictionary results

al⋅ter⋅a⋅tion

[awl-tuh-rey-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act or process of altering; the state of being altered: Alteration will improve the dress.
2. a change; modification or adjustment: There has been an alteration in our plans.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME alteracioun < ML alterātiōn- (s. of alterātiō). See alter, -ation
al·ter·a·tion   (ôl'tə-rā'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act or procedure of altering.
  2. The condition resulting from altering; modification.

Alteration

Al`ter*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. alt['e]ration.]

1. The act of altering or making different.

Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. --Hooker.

2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.

Ere long might perceive Strange alteration in me. --Milton.

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.
Language Translation for : alteration
Spanish: cambio, modificación, alteración,
German: die Änderung,
Japanese: 変更
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