Dictionary

alteration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɒl.tə(ɹ)ˈeɪ.ʃən/ (UK)
• /ɔl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən/ (US)
• /ɑl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of altering or making different.
   • …alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences… 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity:
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of altering or making different. ▸ A minor adjustment to clothing, such as hemming or shortening, to make it fit better.
3. (countable, uncountable) The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.
   • …and I saw by the alteration in your face that a train of thought had been started. 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Resident Patient”, in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes:
   • The doctors don't see any alteration in the patient's condition.

Forms

Deriveds

alterationist · unalteration · realteration · microalteration

Translations (64)

or ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ (the act of altering or making different) · es alteración (the act of altering or making different) · da forandring (the state of being altered) · ba үҙгәртеү (the act of altering or making different) · mk промена (the act of altering or making different) · ne परिबर्तन (the state of being altered) · cmn 異動 /异动 (the act of altering or making different) · mi whakarerekētanga (the act of altering or making different) · fr altération (the act of altering or making different) · it alterazione (the state of being altered) · mi panonitanga (the act of altering or making different) · ro alterare (the act of altering or making different) · ru измене́ние (the act of altering or making different) · ru переде́лывание (the act of altering or making different) · ast alteración (the act of altering or making different) · bg изменение (the act of altering or making different) · bg промяна (the state of being altered) · io altero (the act of altering or making different) · ca alteració (the act of altering or making different) · fi muutos (the act of altering or making different) · de Veränderung (the act of altering or making different) · ru преобразова́ние (the act of altering or making different) · nb omslag (the state of being altered) · id alterasi (the state of being altered) · ru переду́мывание (the state of being altered) · ca alteració (the state of being altered) · pl zmiana (the state of being altered) · it alterazione (the act of altering or making different) · pt alteração (the state of being altered) · bg промененост (the state of being altered) · ro modificare (the act of altering or making different) · am ለውጥ (the act of altering or making different) · grc ἐξαλλαγή (the act of altering or making different) · ro schimbare (the act of altering or making different) · nb endring (the act of altering or making different) · la mutatio (the state of being altered) · fr altérer (the act of altering or making different) · eo ŝanĝiĝo (the state of being altered) · gl alteración (the act of altering or making different) · ru перестро́йка (the act of altering or making different) · nl verandering (the act of altering or making different) · de Änderung (the act of altering or making different) · pt alteração (the act of altering or making different) · pl modyfikacja (the state of being altered) · fi muutos (the state of being altered) · gd mùthadh (the act of altering or making different) · es alteración (the state of being altered) · bg промяна (the act of altering or making different) · ro alterare (the state of being altered) · da forandring (the act of altering or making different) · ar تَغَيُّر (the state of being altered) · gd caochladh (the act of altering or making different) · la alterātiō (the act of altering or making different) · nb forandring (the state of being altered) · da omslag (the state of being altered) · ru переде́лка (the act of altering or making different) · ru переме́на (the act of altering or making different) · ba үҙгәреү (the state of being altered) · gd atharrachadh (the act of altering or making different) · fr altération (the state of being altered) · nb forandring (the act of altering or making different) · da ændring (the act of altering or making different) · ar تَغْيِيْر (the act of altering or making different) · ro alterație (the state of being altered)