alteration

See also: altération

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɒl.tə(ɹ)ˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɔl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

NounEdit

alteration (countable and uncountable, plural alterations)

  1. The act of altering or making different.
    • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity:
      alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences…
  2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.

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NounEdit

alteration (plural alterationes)

  1. change, alteration