Alteration

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /É’l.tÉ™(ɹ)ˈeɪ.ʃən/
• US IPA: /É”l.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From Old French alteracion (French altération), from Medieval Latin alterātiō.

Full definition of alteration

Noun

1. The act of altering or making different.
• 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity,…alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences…
2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
• 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, in '',…and I saw by the alteration in your face that a train of thought had been started.