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US
/ˌɔɫtɝˈeɪʃən/
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[ UK /ˌɒltəɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ˌɒltəɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
the change was intended to increase sales
the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago
this storm is certainly a change for the worse -
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
it would require a drastic revision of his opinion - the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
How To Use alteration In A Sentence
- Observing the affected knee may reveal dystrophic changes, alteration of skin color, calluses related to kneeling or occupational abuse of the knee, scars, scratches, or rashes.
- During these conferences the alteration proposed by Briggs was agreed upon; and on his return from his second visit to Edinburgh in 1617 he accordingly published the first chiliad of his logarithms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
- In a study of guinea pigs, oral administration of diiodotyrosine prevented alterations in thyroid and pituitary function induced by ovariectomy.
- Iron fittings could replace wooden components gradually, allowing major alterations to take place over a long period.
- Two departments rely mainly on a single source for their forecasts with perhaps slight alterations to incorporate their own views.
- We can now evaluate the effects of this change in terms of the alteration in surplus.
- The first step, that of the manufacture of phenyl arsinic acid, was carried out at Ludwigshafen in one of the existing azo dye sheds without any alteration of plant, just as a new azo dye might have been produced in the same shed. The riddle of the Rhine, chemical strategy in peace and war ...
- Within the overall warming trend, there were more and more local ecological changes influenced by alterations in the global environment. EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man
- Neither the drawer of the cheque nor the original payee consented to the alteration of the payee.
- Prior to the making of such alterations the tenants should obtain the consent of the landlord to the proposed alterations.