Hyphenation of alteration

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word alteration? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

al-ter-ation

Definitions of alteration:

1.	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 The neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago
2.	The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
3.	The act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) It would require a drastic revision of his opinion

Synonyms of alteration:

noun	change, modification, happening, occurrence, natural event
noun	modification, adjustment, change
noun	revision, transformation, translation

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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