Engelsk substantiv: alteration | |||
1. | alteration (om begivenhet) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | change, modification | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | acceleration, avulsion, birth, break, breakup, chromosomal mutation, conversion, damage, death, decease, deceleration, decrease, deformation, destabilization, detachment, development, drop-off, easing, expiry, fluctuation, genetic mutation, harm, impairment, increase, lessening, loss of consciousness, moderation, mutation, mutation, nascence, nascency, nativity, play, relief, retardation, revolution, scintillation, separation, sex change, shift, shimmer, slowing, sparkling, sublimation, surprise, transformation, transition, transmutation, transmutation, twinkle, vagary, variation | ||
2. | alteration (om handling) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | adjustment, modification | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | change | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | accommodation, adaptation, laxation, loosening, tightening, tune | ||
3. | alteration (om handling) the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It would require a drastic revision of his opinion. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | revision | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | transformation, translation | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | distraction, metamorphosis, misdirection, modulation, qualification, reorganization, transfiguration | ||