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alter in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. remove the ovaries of
    "Is your cat spayed?"
    alter  neuter  spay  castrate 
  2. become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
    "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
    change  alter  vary 
  3. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
    change  alter  modify 
  4. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
    interpolate  alter  falsify 
  5. make an alteration to
    "This dress needs to be altered"
    alter 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University