alteration
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
the change was intended to increase sales
Types & categories
- happening hypernym
- acceleration hyponym
- deceleration hyponym
- avulsion hyponym
- break hyponym
- mutation hyponym
- sublimation hyponym
- surprise hyponym
- nativity hyponym
- breakup hyponym
- vagary hyponym
- variation hyponym
- conversion hyponym
- death hyponym
- decrease hyponym
- destabilization hyponym
- increase hyponym
- easing hyponym
- deformation hyponym
- transition hyponym
- transformation hyponym
- twinkle hyponym
- shimmer hyponym
- transmutation hyponym
- impairment hyponym
- development hyponym
- revolution hyponym
- genetic mutation hyponym
- sex change hyponym
- loss of consciousness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- loosening hyponym
- tightening hyponym
- accommodation hyponym
- adaptation hyponym
- tune hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
it would require a drastic revision of his opinion
Types & categories
- translation hypernym
- distraction hyponym
- modulation hyponym
- qualification hyponym
- reorganization hyponym
- metamorphosis hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | change |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vary |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | change |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | modify |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | happening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acceleration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deceleration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | avulsion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mutation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sublimation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | surprise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nativity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | breakup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vagary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | variation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conversion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | death |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | destabilization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | increase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | easing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deformation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | transition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | transformation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | twinkle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shimmer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | transmutation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | impairment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | development |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | revolution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | genetic mutation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sex change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | loss of consciousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | change |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | modify |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjust |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | alter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | loosening |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tightening |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | accommodation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | adaptation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tune |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | revise |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | retool |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | translation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | distraction |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | modulation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | qualification |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reorganization |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | metamorphosis |