Muudatused

Muudatused is the plural form of the Estonian noun muudatus, meaning a change or alteration. In everyday and official use, it refers to modifications to a state, condition, plan, document, or system. The term is common across many domains and often appears together with context-specific qualifiers.

In law and public administration, muudatus is frequently used to describe amendments to legislation, regulations, or official texts. Typical phrases include seaduse muudatus (amendment to a law) and eelnõu muudatus (amendment to a bill). Seaduste muutmine is another way to express the act of changing laws. In budgeting and policy planning, one speaks of muudatused in the Riigieelarve (budget amendments) or in policy documents.

In planning and governance, muudatused can refer to changes to plans, programs, or strategies. For example, detailplaneeringu muudatused means changes to a detailed planning document, while muudatused planeeringutes cover revisions across planning frameworks.

In business, administration, and operations, muudatused describe updates to procedures, contracts, or organizational processes. The term is often paired with the noun that names what is being changed, such as protsessimuudatused (process changes) or ärimudeli muudatused (business-model changes).

In software development and data management, muudatused appear in changelogs and version control to record modifications. The phrase muudatuste ajalugu (history of changes) is commonly used to track evolution of a product or dataset.

Related terms include muudatus (singular), parandus (correction), and various compound forms like muudatuste logi.