How many syllables in alteration?

There are 4 syllables in the word alteration.

How to pronounce alteration:

alteration (noun):: the state of being altered; the act or process of altering something; an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.

acceleration

adjustment

amendment

avulsion

birth

break

breakup

change

chromosomal mutation

conversion

damage

death

decease

deceleration

decrease

deformation

destabilization

detachment

development

difference

drop-off

easing

expiry

fluctuation

genetic mutation

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