Alteration
noun
The action or process of changing or being changed.
She made a few alterations to her dress.
Often appears as...
- make alterations
- minor alterations
noun
A change in the text of a book, article, or document.
The author made several alterations to the manuscript before it was published.
Often appears as...
- make alterations
- editorial alterations
noun
A change in the form, appearance, or structure of something.
The alteration of the building's facade required city approval.
Often appears as...
- structural alterations
- facade alterations
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Surgery to make an animal unable to reproduce.
We made the responsible decision to have our dog undergo alteration.
Often appears as...
- animal alteration
- surgical alteration
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The action or process of changing or being changed.
She made a few alterations to her dress.
Often appears as...
- make alterations
- minor alterations
noun
A change in the text of a book, article, or document.
The author made several alterations to the manuscript before it was published.
Often appears as...
- make alterations
- editorial alterations
noun
A change in the form, appearance, or structure of something.
The alteration of the building's facade required city approval.
Often appears as...
- structural alterations
- facade alterations
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Surgery to make an animal unable to reproduce.
We made the responsible decision to have our dog undergo alteration.
Often appears as...
- animal alteration
- surgical alteration
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Widespread Use
The term is common in everyday contexts, often relating to small-scale changes.
They made some alterations to the event schedule.
Pro Tip 2/2Beyond Clothing
'Alteration' isn't limited to tailoring; it applies to any modification.
Our plans for the weekend required some alterations due to the weather.
Pro Tip 1/2Widespread Use
The term is common in everyday contexts, often relating to small-scale changes.
They made some alterations to the event schedule.
Pro Tip 2/2Beyond Clothing
'Alteration' isn't limited to tailoring; it applies to any modification.
Our plans for the weekend required some alterations due to the weather.
Pro Tip 1/2Widespread Use
The term is common in everyday contexts, often relating to small-scale changes.
They made some alterations to the event schedule.
Pro Tip 2/2Beyond Clothing
'Alteration' isn't limited to tailoring; it applies to any modification.
Our plans for the weekend required some alterations due to the weather.
Compare with
adaptationadjustmentamendatorychangeconstructionconversomodificationtransformvariate
Never forget "Alteration"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
Why do our bodies age? -...
plus mitochondria regulate many different cell activities and play an important role in programmed cell death. If mitochondrial function declines, then cells and, later on, whole organs, deteriorate, too. Other changes are known to occur in the expression patterns of genes, also known as epigenetic alterations,
Video examples
Protecting a Penguin...
is that they they have characteristics that make them very vulnerable to the alterations in their habitat they face threats in the ocean like climate change fisheries and pollution but when they come on land they're facing threats like human disturbance or the introduction of predators they they
Video examples
What will humans look...
So Life One civilization is a civilization that begins to alter his or her looks. And we've been doing that for thousands of years. You've got tummy tucks and you've got this and you've got that. You alter your looks, and I'm told that not all of those alterations take place for medical reasons.
Video examples
Beautiful Footage:...
wild is actually habitat alteration and deforestation because some chameleons are found only in a specific type of habitat on a single mountain this makes them highly range restricted but when that range restriction is combined with other pressures on their habitat
Video examples
Why design should...
is an incredibly dangerous experience. But design also impinges on the clothes that I want to wear. I want garments that reflect my personality. It's difficult to find in the childrenswear department. And often womenswear requires far too many alterations.
Video examples
Ben Wellington: How we...
we will review the roadway markings and make any appropriate alterations." And I thought to myself, typical government response, all right, moved on with my life. But then, a few weeks later, something incredible happened. They repainted the spot,
Video examples
Sir Martin Rees: Earth...
watching our solar system from afar could confidently predict Earth's final doom in another six billion years. But could they have predicted this unprecedented spike less than halfway through the Earth's life? These human-induced alterations
Video examples
Stephen Friend: The hunt...
that there is a particular alteration that is known to be highly penetrant to cause that disease. Where are we going to look? Well, we could look locally. That makes sense. But we began to think, maybe we should look all over the world.
Video examples
Teddy Cruz: How...
Now this journey from the bottom-up to the transformation of the top-down is where I find hope today. And I'm thinking of how these modest alterations with space and with policy in many cities in the world,
Video examples
Can art amend history? PIPE...
I -- I made some alterations. You'll see there are some slight differences in the painting. All this art history that I had been absorbing helped me to realize that painting is a language.
Video examples
Why do our bodies age? -...
plus mitochondria regulate many different cell activities and play an important role in programmed cell death. If mitochondrial function declines, then cells and, later on, whole organs, deteriorate, too. Other changes are known to occur in the expression patterns of genes, also known as epigenetic alterations,
Video examples
Protecting a Penguin...
is that they they have characteristics that make them very vulnerable to the alterations in their habitat they face threats in the ocean like climate change fisheries and pollution but when they come on land they're facing threats like human disturbance or the introduction of predators they they
Video examples
What will humans look...
So Life One civilization is a civilization that begins to alter his or her looks. And we've been doing that for thousands of years. You've got tummy tucks and you've got this and you've got that. You alter your looks, and I'm told that not all of those alterations take place for medical reasons.
Video examples
Beautiful Footage:...
wild is actually habitat alteration and deforestation because some chameleons are found only in a specific type of habitat on a single mountain this makes them highly range restricted but when that range restriction is combined with other pressures on their habitat
Video examples
Why design should...
is an incredibly dangerous experience. But design also impinges on the clothes that I want to wear. I want garments that reflect my personality. It's difficult to find in the childrenswear department. And often womenswear requires far too many alterations.
Video examples
Ben Wellington: How we...
we will review the roadway markings and make any appropriate alterations." And I thought to myself, typical government response, all right, moved on with my life. But then, a few weeks later, something incredible happened. They repainted the spot,
Video examples
Sir Martin Rees: Earth...
watching our solar system from afar could confidently predict Earth's final doom in another six billion years. But could they have predicted this unprecedented spike less than halfway through the Earth's life? These human-induced alterations
Video examples
Stephen Friend: The hunt...
that there is a particular alteration that is known to be highly penetrant to cause that disease. Where are we going to look? Well, we could look locally. That makes sense. But we began to think, maybe we should look all over the world.
Video examples
Teddy Cruz: How...
Now this journey from the bottom-up to the transformation of the top-down is where I find hope today. And I'm thinking of how these modest alterations with space and with policy in many cities in the world,
Video examples
Can art amend history? PIPE...
I -- I made some alterations. You'll see there are some slight differences in the painting. All this art history that I had been absorbing helped me to realize that painting is a language.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Wong Kar-wai
Chinese Director
During shooting, you have the idea, like, of this certain dress on this actress, but it's not to fit, so you have to make all of these alterations and modifications. So in a way, I build the characters with the cast, and it's sort of custom-made, the whole process, and then you have to make all of these adjustments.
Quote examples
Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
I met my grandfather just before he died, and it was the first time that I had seen Dad with a relative of his. It was interesting to see my own father as a son and the body language and alteration in attitude that comes with that, and it sort of changed our relationship for the better.
Quote examples
Derek Jacobi
British Actor
I had to think long and hard about what it would imply, what it would mean. Would it mean any alterations of one's lifestyle? Or, more than that, the way that people regarded you? The way they reacted to you if you had a Sir in front of your name?
Quote examples
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian Philosopher
If we depend for our happiness on another, on society or on environment, they become essential to us; we cling to them, and any alteration of these we violently oppose because we depend upon them for our psychological security and comfort.
Quote examples
Om Malik
Indian Writer
The lightbulb, the most humble and illuminating of all technologies, when combined with a network connection, transforms itself from being a bulb into a wake-up alarm, a mood alteration mechanism, and in some cases, a cupid's assistant.
Quote examples
Joseph David-Jones
American Actor
The main fear comes from playing a character that so many people know from the comic books, and there's a long history of people unhappy with movies and TV shows who make alterations to comic book characters.
Quote examples
Juan Cole
American Educator
An occupying power has no right to make significant alterations in the character of the occupied society, to change the laws all around, without a strong security reason and so forth.
Quote examples
Francis Crick
English Scientist
A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a protein by mutations of the type discussed here.
Quote examples
Edgar Mitchell
American Astronaut
Death may simply be an alteration in consciousness, a transition for continued life in a nonmaterial form.
Quote examples
William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.
Quote examples
Wong Kar-wai
Chinese Director
During shooting, you have the idea, like, of this certain dress on this actress, but it's not to fit, so you have to make all of these alterations and modifications. So in a way, I build the characters with the cast, and it's sort of custom-made, the whole process, and then you have to make all of these adjustments.
Quote examples
Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
I met my grandfather just before he died, and it was the first time that I had seen Dad with a relative of his. It was interesting to see my own father as a son and the body language and alteration in attitude that comes with that, and it sort of changed our relationship for the better.
Quote examples
Derek Jacobi
British Actor
I had to think long and hard about what it would imply, what it would mean. Would it mean any alterations of one's lifestyle? Or, more than that, the way that people regarded you? The way they reacted to you if you had a Sir in front of your name?
Quote examples
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian Philosopher
If we depend for our happiness on another, on society or on environment, they become essential to us; we cling to them, and any alteration of these we violently oppose because we depend upon them for our psychological security and comfort.
Quote examples
Om Malik
Indian Writer
The lightbulb, the most humble and illuminating of all technologies, when combined with a network connection, transforms itself from being a bulb into a wake-up alarm, a mood alteration mechanism, and in some cases, a cupid's assistant.
Quote examples
Joseph David-Jones
American Actor
The main fear comes from playing a character that so many people know from the comic books, and there's a long history of people unhappy with movies and TV shows who make alterations to comic book characters.
Quote examples
Juan Cole
American Educator
An occupying power has no right to make significant alterations in the character of the occupied society, to change the laws all around, without a strong security reason and so forth.
Quote examples
Francis Crick
English Scientist
A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a protein by mutations of the type discussed here.
Quote examples
Edgar Mitchell
American Astronaut
Death may simply be an alteration in consciousness, a transition for continued life in a nonmaterial form.
Quote examples
William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension