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Meaning of alteration

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  alteration
      n 1: an event that occurs when something passes from one state
           or phase to another; "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}, {alteration},
           {modification}]
      2: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a
         garment) [syn: {alteration}, {modification}, {adjustment}]
      3: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration
         and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of
         his opinion" [syn: {revision}, {alteration}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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