1. alter - verb
· 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"
2. alter - verb
· 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"
3. alter - verb
· make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"
Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify
4. alter - verb
· insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
Synonym(s): interpolate, falsify
5. alter - verb
· remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
Synonym(s): neuter, spay, castrate
Hypernym(s): sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
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