alteration
UK/ɒl.tə(ɹ)ˈeɪ.ʃən//ɔl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən/
alteration noun: the act of altering or making different.
Noun
alteration (countable and uncountable, plural alterations)
- 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
- A minor adjustment to clothing, such as hemming or shortening, to make it fit better.
- The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.
- The doctors don't see any alteration in the patient's 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
alteration meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
alteration in Tamil
- திருத்தம், நிலை மாற்றம், மாற்றம், மாற்றியமைத்தல்
alteration in Urdu
- alteration, change
- کروٹ karvaṭ
alteration in Bengali
- alteration, additions
- রদবদল rodbodol
- alteration, modification
- পরিবর্তন poriborton
alteration in Malayalam
- alteration, change
- തിരിപ്പ് tirippŭ
More languagesFewer languages
- alteration in Kannada
- ಬದಲಾವಣೆ, ಮಾರ್ಪಾಡು, ಪರಿವರ್ತನೆ, ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ
- alteration in Odia
- ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ paribarttana
- alteration in Nepali
- परिबर्तन paribartan
- alteration in Arabic
- تَغْيِيْر taḡyiyr, تَغَيُّر taḡayyur
- alteration in Indonesian
- alterasi
Examples of alteration in a sentence
- We have given orders for all the alterations, cleanings, and repaperings we mean to have done. — Matthew Arnold.
- It's used to provide service information, upcoming alterations and event advice.
- Other pachychoroidal diseases such as a variety of inflammatory diseases may also show choroidal morphologic alterations.
Forms of alteration
| plural | alterations |
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Origin of alteration
From Old French alteracion (French altération), from Medieval Latin alterātiō. Morphologically alter + -ation.
Words formed from alteration
Words that rhyme with alteration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about alteration
- What does alteration mean?
- Alteration means the act of altering or making different.
- What is alteration in Tamil?
- Alteration in Tamil is திருத்தம், நிலை மாற்றம், மாற்றம். See Alteration meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is alteration?
- Alteration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce alteration?
- Alteration is pronounced /ɒl.tə(ɹ)ˈeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of alteration?
- The plural of alteration is alterations.
Words near alteration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: alteration (page history and authors); alteration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); کروٹ (Urdu) (page history and authors); পরিবর্তন (Bengali) (page history and authors); തിരിപ്പ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); alteration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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