Alteration
[ɔːltə'reɪʃ(ə)n;'ɒl-] or [,ɔltə'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment).
Typist: Suzy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of altering or making different.
(n.) The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Change, variation, mutation, vicissitude, modification, deviation, variance, turn.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Variation, difference, diversification, shifting, modification, change,permutation, mutation, mutability
ANT:Retention, perpetuation, conservation, changelessness, identity, stabilisation,{[nxity]?}, permanence
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Examples
- I suppose the virtue to belong to my companion, not to myself; and observe what follows from this alteration. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The days now passed as peaceably as before, with the sole alteration, that joy had taken place of sadness in the countenances of my friends. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- There is not much alteration necessary in my dress, as you see. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The reasons for this alteration were at the same time related, and they were such as to make further entreaty on his side impossible. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She was weak, and this alteration was rather displayed in looks and voice than in acts; but it was permanent and real. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If the acquisition of power in the shape of wealth caused this alteration, that power should they feel as an iron yoke. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- After such alteration it was handed to General Lee, who put on his glasses, read it, and handed it back to General Grant. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Much of the alteration for the worse which I have noticed in him may be due to these. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mrs. Dashwood again assured him that no alteration of the kind should be attempted. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Properly speaking, we only make an alteration on it by our labour. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Amy had fancied that perhaps a love trouble was at the bottom of the alteration, and now she was sure of it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But either that event, or something else, had produced a singular alteration for the better in him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I have a little plan of alteration for your bedrooms too, which may now be performed without any inconvenience to any one. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- An aim must, then, be flexible; it must be capable of alteration to meet circumstances. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Have you observed any gradual alteration in Papa? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He did not believe in spontaneous alterations, but found that every marked change in the quality of beer coincides with the development of micro-organism s. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This tax was afterwards repealed, and in the room of it was established the window-tax, which has undergone two several alterations and augmentations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We landed at Philadelphia the 11th of October, where I found sundry alterations. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The last news is that the alterations in his house will occupy from four to six months before they can be properly completed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I have heard the story, said Fitzurse, though either the Prior or thou has made some singular alterations in date and circumstances. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You think it would do with these alterations, then? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I proposed some reasonable alterations in their _chapel_[8] laws, and carried them against all opposition. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- These cranes facilitate the work of the tool construction department by carrying cumbersome parts of machinery to and from it for alterations and repairs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We'll take this (editors never say I), if you don't object to a few alterations. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The alterations in the conditions of warfare are already much profounder than such authorities as Sir Louis Jackson suspect. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is a method for dealing with conditions so as to effect desirable alterations in them. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Development, in short, has taken place by the entrance of shortcuts and alterations in the prior scheme of growth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Time had made great alterations in her form since I had last beheld her. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Pending the alterations, as I understand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I thought perhaps the alterations had disturbed some old associations he valued. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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