alteration
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(noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
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Synonyms: adjustment, modification |
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Related Words: accommodation, adaptation, change, loosening, qualification, tightening |
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(noun) the act of transforming; "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion" |
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Synonyms: revision |
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Related Words: distraction, metamorphosis, transformation, translation |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: change, modification |
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Related Words: birth, breakup, damage, death, decease, decrease, deformation, detachment, development, drop-off, easing, fluctuation, happening, harm, impairment, increase, lessening, loss of consciousness, moderation, nascence, nascency, nativity, natural event, occurrence, play, relief, revolution, scintillation, separation, shift, shimmer, sparkling, sublimation, surprise, transformation, transition, transmutation, twinkle, variation |
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