Meaning

5 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To change the form or structure of.

    Near-synonym: tweak

    abändern, ändern

    изменя́тьizmenjátʹ, измени́тьizmenítʹ, меня́тьmenjátʹ

    змі́нюватиzmínjuvaty, міня́тиminjáty, зміни́тиzminýty

  2. (intransitive)To become different.

    become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

  3. (transitive)To tailor clothes to make them fit.

    make an alteration to

  4. (transitive)To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).

  5. (transitive)To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.

Examples

104 sentences
  1. I can't alter the plans.

    Я не можу змінити плани.

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  2. We must alter our plan.

    Ми повинні змінити свій план.

    deWir müssen unseren Plan ändern.

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  3. I think he needs to alter his lifestyle.

    ruЯ думаю, что ему нужно изменить свой образ жизни.

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  4. She had to alter her dress by herself.

    deSie musste ihr Kleid selbst ändern.

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  5. I've heard that you can't alter your destiny.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to change the form or structure of:
Русский
By meaning 1
to change the form or structure of:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to change the form or structure of:

Origin

From Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterāre (“to make other”),

From Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterāre (“to make other”), from Latin alter (“the other”), from al- (seen in alius (“other”), alienus (“of another”), etc.; see alias, alien, etc.) + compar. suffix -ter.

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Forms

alters, altering, altered, altered
Base formalter · to alter
3rd person singularalters
Present participlealtering
Past simplealtered
Past participlealtered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyalter
he, she, italters

Past simpleLesson

all personsaltered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave altered
he, she, ithas altered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill alter

Synonyms

22 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • remove the ovaries of:neuterspaycastrate
  • become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence:changevary
  • cause to change; make different; cause a transformation:changemodify
  • insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby:interpolatefalsify

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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