Antonyms for alteration
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : awl-tuh-rey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɔl təˈreɪ ʃən |
Definition of alteration
Origin :- late 14c., "action of altering," from Old French alteracion (14c.) "change, alteration," and directly from Medieval Latin alterationem (nominative alteratio), noun of action from past participle stem of Late Latin alterare (see alter). Meaning "change in character or appearance" is from 1530s; that of "change in ready-made clothes to suit a customer's specifications" is from 1901. Related: Alterations.
- noun change
- These are my reasons in brief, for the alteration of my style.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- If, upon perusal of them, you think any alteration necessary, it shall be made.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- To effect this object, an alteration of the French frontier is indispensable.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- I do not know what you mean, madam, by alteration in Mr. Vivian!
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- What alteration has happened to give rise to this new idea of connexion?
- Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
- But, here, it must be distinctly understood, is no alteration produced by climate.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- Every shade of alteration in them I was familiar with, for their changes were not many.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- As soon as any alteration is made in a place of worship it is photographed.
- Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
- I certainly was very much struck at his alteration for the worse.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- The alteration is unconscious so far as the animal is concerned.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
Synonyms for alteration
- about-face
- accommodation
- adaptation
- adjustment
- amendment
- conversion
- correction
- difference
- diversification
- exchange
- fixing
- flip-flop
- metamorphosis
- mid-course correction
- modification
- mutation
- reformation
- remodeling
- reshaping
- revision
- shift
- switch
- switch-over
- transformation
- transmutation
- turn
- variance
- variation
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