Dont le dans la catégorieENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
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English - Etymology
From Old French _alteracion_ (French _altération_), from Medieval Latin _alterātiō_.
From Old French alteracion (French altération), from Medieval Latin alterātiō.
Dont le dans la catégorieENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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English - Pronunciation
* (UK) IPA(key): /ɒl.tə(ɹ)ˈeɪ.ʃən/
* (US) IPA(key): /ɔl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən/
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Dont le dans la catégorieENGLISH - NOUN
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ALTERATION (_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…
* The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
* 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, _The Resident Scholar_ in _The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes,_
…and I saw by the ALTERATION in your face that a train of thought had been started.
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alteration (plural alterations)
- The act of altering or making different.
- The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
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Dont le dans la catégorieENGLISH - REFERENCES
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* “alteration” in _Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1_, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- “alteration” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
