English > alteration: 3 senses > noun 1, event| Meaning | An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another. |
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| Synonyms | change, modification |
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| Narrower | acceleration | An increase / increase / increase in rate of change |
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| avulsion | An abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase / increase in the land of another |
| birth, nativity, nascency, nascence | The event of being born |
| break | An abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion) |
| conversion | A change of religion |
| damage, harm, impairment | The occurrence of a change for the worse |
| death, decease, expiry | The event of dying or departure from life |
| deceleration, slowing, retardation | A decrease in rate of change |
| decrease, lessening, drop-off | A change downward |
| deformation | alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it |
| destabilization | An event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft) |
| development | A recent event that has some relevance for the present situation |
| easing, moderation, relief | A change for the better |
| increase | A change resulting in an increase / increase |
| loss of consciousness | The occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond |
| mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation | (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure |
| mutation | A change or alteration in form or qualities |
| revolution | A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving |
| separation, breakup, detachment | coming apart |
| sex change | A change in a person's physical sexual characteristics (as by surgery and hormone treatments) |
| shimmer, play | A weak and tremulous light |
| sublimation | (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable |
| surprise | A sudden unexpected event |
| transformation, transmutation, shift | A qualitative change |
| transition | A change from one place or state or subject / subject or stage / stage to another |
| transmutation | (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment) |
| twinkle, scintillation, sparkling | A rapid change in brightness |
| vagary | An unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.) |
| variation, fluctuation | An instance of change |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
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| Spanish | alteración, cambio, evolución, modificación, variación |
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| Catalan | alteració, canvi, modificació, variació |
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| Verbs | alter | cause to change |
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