ALTERED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does altered mean?
• ALTERED (adjective)
The adjective ALTERED has 3 senses:
1. changed in form or character without becoming something else
2. having testicles or ovaries removed
3. changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
Familiarity information: ALTERED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ALTERED (adjective)
Meaning:
Changed in form or character without becoming something else
Context examples:
the altered policy promised success / following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization / he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing
Similar:
adjusted ((especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted)
changed (made or become different in some respect)
edited; emended (improved or corrected by critical editing)
paraphrastic (altered by paraphrasing)
revised (improved or brought up to date)
Antonym:
unaltered (remaining in an original state)
Meaning:
Having testicles or ovaries removed
Synonyms:
neutered; altered
Similar:
castrated; unsexed (deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes)
Meaning:
Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
Synonyms:
adapted; altered
Context examples:
seeds precisely adapted to the area / instructions altered to suit the children's different ages
Similar:
modified (changed in form or character)
