Meaning of altered in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˈɔltərd/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   altered

   Definitions

   1. having testicles or ovaries removed

   Synonyms

   • castrated
   • unsexed
2. 2. changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose

   Examples

   • « seeds precisely adapted to the area »
   • « instructions altered to suit the children's different ages »

   Synonyms

   • modified

3. Qualitative Adjective

   altered

   Definitions

   1. changed in form or character without becoming something else

   Examples

   • « the altered policy promised success »
   • « following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization »
   • « he looked...with couded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing- Charle »

   Synonyms

   • adjusted
   • changed
   • emended
   • edited
   • paraphrastic
   • revised

   Antonyms

   • unaltered
   • unchanged