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| 1. | [ adjective ] changed in form or character without becoming something else | |
| Examples: | "the altered policy promised success" "following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization" "he looked… with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens |
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| Related terms: | unaltered revised changed paraphrastic emended adjusted | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] having testicles or ovaries removed | |
| Synonyms: | neutered | |
| Related terms: | castrated | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose | |
| Synonyms: | adapted | |
| Examples: | "seeds precisely adapted to the area" "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages" |
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| Related terms: | modified | |
| Similar spelling: |
Alter Aldred Alatorre Alderete Aldredge alder alternate altercate alterable Alldredge aliterate Altier Alteri Aldrete Aletris Altieri alterative alternator alliterate altering alder_tree alter_ego altar |
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