Alteration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Alteration	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alteration n 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" Synonym(s): change, alteration, modification the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) Synonym(s): alteration, modification, adjustment the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion" Synonym(s): revision, alteration
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alteration \Al`tera"tion\, n. [Cf. F. alt[82]ration.] 1. The act of altering or making different. Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. --Hooker. 2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition. Ere long might perceive Strange alteration* in me. --Milton. Appius Claudius admitted to the senate the sons of those who had been slaves; by which, and succeeding alterations, that council degenerated into a most corrupt. --Swift.