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alteration (countable and uncountable, plural alterations)

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…
1. A minor adjustment to clothing, such as hemming or shortening, to make it fit better.
The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.
The doctors don't see any alteration in the patient's condition.

the act of altering or making different

Amharic: ለውጥ (läwṭ)
Arabic: تَغْيِيْر (taḡyiyr)
Asturian: alteración f
Bashkir: үҙгәртеү (üźgərtew)
Bulgarian: промяна (bg) f (promjana), изменение (bg) n (izmenenie)
Catalan: alteració (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 異動 / 异动 (zh) (yìdòng)
Danish: forandring (da) c, ændring (da) c
Dutch: verandering (nl)
Finnish: muutos (fi)
French: altération (fr) f, altérer (fr)
Galician: alteración (gl) f
German: Änderung (de) f, Veränderung (de) f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ἐξαλλαγή (exallagḗ)
Ido: altero (io)
Italian: alterazione (it)
Latin: alterātiō f
Macedonian: промена f (promena)
Māori: panonitanga, whakarerekētanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: endring (no) m or f, forandring m or f
Odia: ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ (or) (paribarttana)
Portuguese: alteração (pt) f
Romanian: alterare (ro) f; modificare f, schimbare (ro) f
Russian: измене́ние (ru) n (izmenénije), переде́лка (ru) f (peredélka), переде́лывание (ru) n (peredélyvanije), перестро́йка (ru) f (perestrójka), преобразова́ние (ru) n (preobrazovánije), переме́на (ru) f (pereména)
Scottish Gaelic: mùthadh m, atharrachadh m, caochladh m
Spanish: alteración (es) f, cambio (es) m, modificación (es) f
Thai: please add this translation if you can

the state of being altered

Arabic: تَغَيُّر (ar) (taḡayyur)
Bashkir: үҙгәреү (üźgərew)
Bulgarian: промяна (bg) f (promjana), промененост f (promenenost)
Catalan: alteració (ca) f
Danish: forandring (da) c, omslag n
Esperanto: ŝanĝiĝo
Finnish: muutos (fi)
French: altération (fr)
Indonesian: alterasi
Italian: alterazione (it)
Latin: mutatio (la) f
Nepali: परिबर्तन (paribartan)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forandring m or f, omslag (no) n
Polish: modyfikacja (pl) f, zmiana (pl) f
Portuguese: alteração (pt)
Romanian: alterație (ro) f, alterare (ro) f
Russian: переду́мывание (ru) n (peredúmyvanije)
Spanish: alteración (es)
“alteration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“alteration”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

alteration (plural alterationes)