alteration

1. n. The act of altering or making different. Source: opted

2. n. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition. Source: opted

3. n. an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another Source: wordnet

4. n. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) Source: wordnet

5. n. the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) Source: wordnet

6. 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. Source: webster

7. n:100 n. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) Source: ecdict

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