alteration

1. 1.

   an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

   “the change was intended to increase sales”

   “this storm is certainly a change for the worse”

   “the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago”

   Synonymschangemodification

   Broaderhappening

   Narroweraccelerationdecelerationavulsionbreakmutationsublimationsurprisebirthseparationvagary
2. 2.

   the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

   Synonymsmodificationadjustment

   Broaderchange

   Narrowerlooseningtighteningaccommodationadaptationtune
3. 3.

   the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

   “it would require a drastic revision of his opinion”

   Synonymsrevision

   Broadertransformation

   Narrowerdistractionmodulationqualificationreorganizationtransfiguration

Other forms of alteration

plural

alterations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about alteration

What does alteration mean?

alteration means "an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in alteration?

alteration has 4 syllables: al-te-ra-tion. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˌɔltɚˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for alteration?

Close synonyms include change, modification, modification, adjustment, revision. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alteration a common word?

alteration is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with alteration?

133 words rhyme with alteration. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.