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alter |
1. |
[ verb ] cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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change
modify
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"The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"
"The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
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leave
make
put
lend
better
fill
increase
bring
prepare
enable
affect
end
strengthen
adjust
clean
unclutter
cool
transform
switch
convert
shape
damage
dry
affect
heat
turn
transform
reduce
mix
set
emphasize
bring
tighten
awaken
invert
translate
color
straighten
decorate
obscure
weaken
complicate
make
right
clarify
loosen
convert
mark
centralize
empty
suspend
wet
develop
break_down
renew
decrease
civilize
make_possible
form
simplify
remodel
demythologize
boil
neutralize
worsen
estrange
sensitize
magnetize
stiffen
draw
confuse
habituate
stain
nationalize
stabilize
polarize
mince
thicken
insulate
harmonize
blind
activate
charge
complicate
obscure
touch
lift
shift
cut
suspend
inform
iodinate
counterchange
depersonalize
flatten
oxidize
decentralize
ripen
communize
Europeanize
humble
reconstruct
naturalize
purify
revolutionize
ease_up
assimilate
check
shake
commute
democratize
corrupt
brighten
capture
saturate
humanize
blur
restore
disqualify
automatize
widen
dirty
liberalize
sophisticate
glorify
contaminate
spice
personalize
outmode
urbanise
fatten
urbanize
sputter
prostrate
harshen
end
cook
animize
edit
extend
dull
warm
tame
conventionalize
freeze
parallel
poison
convert
invert
disable
archaize
unscramble
sharpen
sharpen
customize
demagnetize
blunt
spike
refine
supercharge
unite
age
socialize
coarsen
round_off
vascularise
internationalize
Europeanize
antiquate
antique
Americanize
bestialize
anglicize
Frenchify
soften
sober
decrepitate
denationalize
acerbate
naturalize
denaturalize
even
denaturalize
destabilize
suburbanize
etiolate
cry
equal
detransitivize
transitivize
full
familiarize
desensitize
diversify
deaden
disorder
discolor
dissimilate
liquefy
validate
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2. |
[ verb ] make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence |
Synonyms: |
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vary
change
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Examples: |
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"her mood changes in accordance with the weather"
"The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
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adapt
move
specialize
alternate
diversify
crackle
let_out
avianize
take_in
diversify
honeycomb
honeycomb
modulate
break
change
change
version
change
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3. |
[ verb ] make an alteration to |
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"This dress needs to be altered"
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Related terms: |
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change
sew
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4. |
[ verb ] (writing) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby |
Synonyms: |
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falsify
interpolate
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edit
interjection
misrepresentaation
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5. |
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 9169 |
6. |
[ verb ] castrate, used with animals |
Synonyms: |
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neuter
castrate
spay
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Examples: |
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"Is your dog neutered?"
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Related terms: |
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sterilize
effeminize
defeminize
defeminise
castration
spaying
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Similar spelling: |
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Alteri
altered
alder
altering
Altier
Altieri
Aletris
Alderson
alderman
alderfly
Alderete
Alatorre
altar
aleatory
Aldred
altair
Aldrich
Aldrete
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