alter

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UK /ˈɒl.tə/ US /ˈɔl.təɹ/

verb 5noun 2

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

considerably, dramatically, drastically, fundamentally, greatly, radically, significantly, substantially

The company's strategy has altered dramatically since the new manager arrived last year.

slightly

PHRASES

not alter the fact that

The delay won't alter the fact that we need to complete this project by Friday.

Definitions

verb

To change the form or structure of.

Near-synonym: tweak

No power in Venice can alter a decree.

To become different.

[…] Passing the song of the hermit bird and the tallying song of my soul, / Victorious song, death’s outlet song, yet varying ever-altering song, […]

To tailor clothes to make them fit.

To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).

To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.

We don't know if he was altered on alcohol or drugs or anything […]

noun

One of the personalities, identities, or selves in a person with dissociative identity disorder or another form of multiplicity.

While the second goal would be best met if each alter were coconscious, the defendant should be satisfied if at least one competent alter is present to hear what transpires.

noun

Misspelling of altar.

As an alter boy he remembered that walking between the alter and the gates was prohibited for everyone except the priest.

The hardest part of being an alter boy was learning Latin. The mass was conducted in Latin and we had to learn to pray in Latin.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — remove the ovaries of

verb — become different in some particular way, without permanently

verb — cause to change

verb — insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

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Near-synonym: tweak

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No power in Venice can alter a decree.

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Lou's not Times foole, though roſie lips and cheeks VVithin his bending ſickles compaſſe come, Loue alters not with his breefe houres and vveekes, But beares it out euen to the edge of doome: If this

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While the second goal would be best met if each alter were coconscious, the defendant should be satisfied if at least one competent alter is present to hear what transpires.

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As an alter boy he remembered that walking between the alter and the gates was prohibited for everyone except the priest.

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The hardest part of being an alter boy was learning Latin. The mass was conducted in Latin and we had to learn to pray in Latin.

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