ALTERATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
   Synonym(s)
   • adjustment (what does adjustment mean?)
   • modification (what does modification mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) alteration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • loosening (what does loosening mean?)
   • laxation (what does laxation mean?)
   • tightening (what does tightening mean?)
   • accommodation (what does accommodation mean?)
   • adaptation (what does adaptation mean?)
   • tune (what does tune mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • adjust (what does adjust mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
   Synonym(s)
   • revision (what does revision mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • it would require a drastic revision of his opinion
   Hypernyms(s) alteration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • transformation (what does transformation mean?)
   • translation (what does translation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • distraction (what does distraction mean?)
   • misdirection (what does misdirection mean?)
   • modulation (what does modulation mean?)
   • qualification (what does qualification mean?)
   • reorganization (what does reorganization mean?)
   • transfiguration (what does transfiguration mean?)
   • metamorphosis (what does metamorphosis mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • retool (what does retool mean?)
   • revise (what does revise mean?)
   • revise (what does revise mean?)
3. Meaning
   • an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
   Synonym(s)
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • modification (what does modification mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) alteration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • happening (what does happening mean?)
   • occurrence (what does occurrence mean?)
   • natural event (what does natural event mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • avulsion (what does avulsion mean?)
   • mutation (what does mutation mean?)
   • sublimation (what does sublimation mean?)
   • surprise (what does surprise mean?)
   • birth (what does birth mean?)
   • nativity (what does nativity mean?)
   • nascency (what does nascency mean?)
   • nascence (what does nascence mean?)
   • separation (what does separation mean?)
   • breakup (what does breakup mean?)
   • detachment (what does detachment mean?)
   • vagary (what does vagary mean?)
   • variation (what does variation mean?)
   • fluctuation (what does fluctuation mean?)
   • conversion (what does conversion mean?)
   • death (what does death mean?)
   • decease (what does decease mean?)
   • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
   • lessening (what does lessening mean?)
   • drop-off (what does drop-off mean?)
   • destabilization (what does destabilization mean?)
   • increase (what does increase mean?)
   • easing (what does easing mean?)
   • moderation (what does moderation mean?)
   • relief (what does relief mean?)
   • deformation (what does deformation mean?)
   • transition (what does transition mean?)
   • transformation (what does transformation mean?)
   • transmutation (what does transmutation mean?)
   • shift (what does shift mean?)
   • twinkle (what does twinkle mean?)
   • scintillation (what does scintillation mean?)
   • sparkling (what does sparkling mean?)
   • shimmer (what does shimmer mean?)
   • play (what does play mean?)
   • transmutation (what does transmutation mean?)
   • damage (what does damage mean?)
   • harm (what does harm mean?)
   • impairment (what does impairment mean?)
   • development (what does development mean?)
   • revolution (what does revolution mean?)
   • mutation (what does mutation mean?)
   • genetic mutation (what does genetic mutation mean?)
   • chromosomal mutation (what does chromosomal mutation mean?)
   • sex change (what does sex change mean?)
   • loss of consciousness (what does loss of consciousness mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • vary (what does vary mean?)
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   • change (what does change mean?)