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Definition of Alteration
1. Noun. An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another. "The neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
Exact synonyms: Change, Modification
Specialized synonyms: Acceleration, Deceleration, Retardation, Slowing, Avulsion, Break, Mutation, Sublimation, Surprise, Birth, Nascence, Nascency, Nativity, Breakup, Detachment, Separation, Vagary, Fluctuation, Variation, Conversion, Death, Decease, Expiry, Decrease, Drop-off, Lessening, Destabilization, Increase, Easing, Moderation, Relief, Deformation, Transition, Shift, Transformation, Transmutation, Scintillation, Sparkling, Twinkle, Play, Shimmer, Transmutation, Damage, Harm, Impairment, Development, Revolution, Chromosomal Mutation, Genetic Mutation, Mutation, Sex Change, Loss Of Consciousness
Generic synonyms: Happening, Natural Event, Occurrence, Occurrent
Derivative terms: Alter, Change, Change, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Acceleration, Deceleration, Retardation, Slowing, Avulsion, Break, Mutation, Sublimation, Surprise, Birth, Nascence, Nascency, Nativity, Breakup, Detachment, Separation, Vagary, Fluctuation, Variation, Conversion, Death, Decease, Expiry, Decrease, Drop-off, Lessening, Destabilization, Increase, Easing, Moderation, Relief, Deformation, Transition, Shift, Transformation, Transmutation, Scintillation, Sparkling, Twinkle, Play, Shimmer, Transmutation, Damage, Harm, Impairment, Development, Revolution, Chromosomal Mutation, Genetic Mutation, Mutation, Sex Change, Loss Of Consciousness
Generic synonyms: Happening, Natural Event, Occurrence, Occurrent
Derivative terms: Alter, Change, Change, Change, Modify
2. Noun. The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment).
Exact synonyms: Adjustment, Modification
Specialized synonyms: Laxation, Loosening, Tightening, Accommodation, Adaptation, Tune
Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Adjust, Alter, Alter, Modify, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Laxation, Loosening, Tightening, Accommodation, Adaptation, Tune
Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Adjust, Alter, Alter, Modify, Modify
3. Noun. The act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification). "It would require a drastic revision of his opinion"
Exact synonyms: Revision
Specialized synonyms: Distraction, Misdirection, Modulation, Qualification, Reorganization, Metamorphosis, Transfiguration
Generic synonyms: Transformation, Translation
Derivative terms: Revise, Revise
Specialized synonyms: Distraction, Misdirection, Modulation, Qualification, Reorganization, Metamorphosis, Transfiguration
Generic synonyms: Transformation, Translation
Derivative terms: Revise, Revise
Definition of Alteration
1. n. The act of altering or making different.
Definition of Alteration
1. Noun. The act of altering or making different. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alteration
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Alteration
1. 1. A change. 2. A changing; a making different. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alteration
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