ALTER as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • remove the ovaries of

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    • Is your cat spayed?

    Hypernyms(s) alter is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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  2. Meaning
    • make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one’’s or its former characteristics or essence

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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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  3. Meaning
    • cause to change
    • make different
    • cause a transformation

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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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  4. Meaning
    • insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

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    Hypernyms(s) alter is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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  5. Meaning
    • make an alteration to

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    • This dress needs to be altered

    Hypernyms(s) alter is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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