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alterations

alterations is the plural of alteration.

Meaning of alteration

Noun

alteration (countable and uncountable, plural alterations)

  1. 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
    1. A minor adjustment to clothing, such as hemming or shortening, to make it fit better.
  2. 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.

Questions about alterations

What is alterations the plural of?
Alterations is the plural of alteration.

Words near alterations in the dictionary

  1. alterants
  2. alterated
  3. alteration
  4. alterationist
  5. alterationists
  6. alterations
  7. alterative
  8. alteratives
  9. alterator
  10. alterators
  11. altercate

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