alter

Meaning

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.
2. (intransitive) To become different.
3. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
4. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
5. (transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.

Noun

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

Noun

Misspelling of altar.

Synonyms

change

modify

transform

vary

convert

shift

turn

amend

adjust

correct

revise

remodel

make over

adapt

transmute

reorganize

switch

edit

reduce

metamorphose

fluctuate

falsify

become

be changed

transfigure

spay

be transformed

rectify

revamp

diverge

castrate

make different

reform

move

be transfigured

interpolate

exchange

affect

become different

transfer

turn into

reshape

rework

distract

alternate

rewrite

recondition

neuter

rearrange

customize

Translations

changer

ändern

modifier

cambiar

alterare

modificar

verändern

alterar

alterar

veranderen

cambiare

değiştirmek

modificare

wijzigen

abändern

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒl.tə/

Etymology

Cognate with French: altérer

In summary

From Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterāre (“to make other”), from Latin alter (“the other”), from al- (seen in alius (“other”), alienus (“of another”), etc.; see alias, alien, etc.) + compar. suffix -ter.

Sentences

By increasing the salinity of the water , we alter its dew point .