altered Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   modify; alter; change.
   
   • The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city
   • The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
2. verb become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
   vary; alter; change.
   
   • her mood changes in accordance with the weather
   • The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season
3. verb make an alteration to
   alter.
   
   • This dress needs to be altered
4. verb insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
   alter; interpolate; falsify.
   
5. verb remove the ovaries of
   castrate; spay; alter; neuter.
   
   • Is your cat spayed?
6. adjective changed in form or character without becoming something else
   
   • the altered policy promised success
   • following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization
   • he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens
7. adjective satellite having testicles or ovaries removed
   neutered.
   
8. adjective satellite changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
   adapted.
   
   • seeds precisely adapted to the area
   • instructions altered to suit the children's different ages

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