alteration

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
noun the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
noun the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

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

I never saw such an alteration. — History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Henry Fielding
You sent the story in and made the alterations. — Anne of the Island, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Her loss of spirits was a yet greater alteration. — Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen

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