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alter
1[ awl-ter ]
verb (used with object)
- to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify:
to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
- to castrate or spay.
verb (used without object)
- to change; become different or modified.
Alter
2[ awl-ter ]
noun
- David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
alter.
3abbreviation for
- alteration.
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Derived Forms
- ˈalterably, adverb
- ˌalteraˈbility, noun
- ˈalterable, adjective
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Other Words From
- alter·er noun
- half-altered adjective
- pre·alter verb (used with object)
- re·alter verb
- un·alter·ing adjective
- well-altered adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alter1
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Origin of alter1
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Example Sentences
They dye their hair and alter their clothes, but not enough to attract attention from authorities.
He even allegedly had a nickname for his violent, aggressive alter ego: Rick.
Some of the things Lawrence had to alter from the book involved President Coin, played by Julianne Moore.
Both Trudeau and Alter, levelheaded as they are, are extremely meticulous about their production.
“Democrats say, ‘The only Republicans I like are the ones I see on Alpha House,’” Alter says.
Sinus duo sunt maiores, vastque; alter is, qui S. Laurentij gurges; alter, qui Francius appellatur.
The Federal Reserve Board reserves the right to add to, alter, or amend these regulations.
Cert alter nostrm magnam itineris partem ger, debilitatsque iacuit.
Nam neque id diu fuit, & semper altero decumbente, alter stetit.
Ergo statim ex Aquitania euocatus Sacerdos vnus, alter ex ipsa Francia desumptus.
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