alteration

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noun

1. an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another (Freq. 4)
- the change was intended to increase sales
- this storm is certainly a change for the worse
- the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago
• Syn:
change, modification
• Derivationally related forms:
modify (for: modification), alter, change (for: change)
• Hypernyms:
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
• Hyponyms:
acceleration, deceleration, slowing, retardation, avulsion,
break, mutation, sublimation, surprise, birth, nativity,
nascency, nascence, separation, breakup, detachment, vagary,
variation, fluctuation, conversion, death, decease, expiry,
decrease, lessening, drop-off, destabilization, increase, easing,
moderation, relief, deformation, transition, transformation, transmutation,
shift, twinkle, scintillation, sparkling, shimmer, play,
damage, harm, impairment, development, revolution, genetic mutation,
chromosomal mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness
2. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
modification, adjustment
• Derivationally related forms:
adjust (for: adjustment), modify (for: modification), alter
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
loosening, laxation, tightening, accommodation, adaptation, tune
3. the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
- it would require a drastic revision of his opinion
• Syn:
revision
• Derivationally related forms:
revise (for: revision)
• Hypernyms:
transformation, translation
• Hyponyms:
distraction, misdirection, modulation, qualification, reorganization,
transfiguration, metamorphosis

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  revision, modification, adjustment, change