al|ter|a|tion

al|ter|a|tion
al|ter|a|tion «L tuh RAY shuhn», noun.
1. a change in the character, appearance, or form of anything; altered or changed condition: »

Mother made some alterations in my new dress. Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds (Shakespeare). The atom and hydrogen bombs have led to great alterations in military planning.

2. an altering; the act of making some change in a thing: »

The alteration of our house took three months.


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