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# alteration

«alteration» in Mova's school dictionary: **a change made to something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an alteration, alterations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An alteration is a change made to something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alteration/#m1)

2) An alteration is a change to clothes to make them fit better, like shortening trousers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alteration/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a tailor does alterations to clothes; builders make alterations to a house. In English lessons pupils make alterations to their writing to improve it. In formal language «no alterations allowed» means you must not change it. Phrases: make alterations, minor alterations.

### examples

- Mum took the dress for alterations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alteration/#x1)
- We made a few alterations to our story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alteration/#x2)
- The house needs some alterations before we move in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alteration/#x3)
- (formal) No alterations may be made to the answer sheet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alteration/#x4)
- The alteration made the trousers fit perfectly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alteration/#x5)
- Any alterations to the timetable will be on the board. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alteration/#x6)
- The king knew of nothing that could have produced such an alteration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alteration/#x7)

### note

Countable; «an alteration». Verb: alter. Do not confuse with «altercation» (an angry argument) or «altar» (a church table). Everyday word: «change».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «alteration» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alteration/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.