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altered en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɔl.tɚd/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɑl.tɚd/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈɔːl.təd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having been changed from an original form.
    • Ralph suppressed the indignation which the schoolmaster’s altered and insolent manner awakened, and asked again why he had not sent to him. 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:
  2. (not-comparable, of an animal, qualifier:usually a pet) Neutered; having had testicles or uterus and ovaries removed to prevent procreation.

Deriveds

unaltered · nonaltered · gene-altered · altered scale

Translations (10)

gl alterado (having been changed) · la immūtātus (having been changed) · fi muuttunut (having been changed) · eo aliigita (having been changed) · fr altéré (having been changed) · es alterado (having been changed) · ru изменённый (having been changed) · ar مُعَدَّل (having been changed) · ca alterat (having been changed) · de abgeändert (having been changed)

altered en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɔl.tɚd/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɑl.tɚd/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈɔːl.təd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. A kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.

Forms

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altereds Number=Plur lexicographic

altered en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɔl.tɚd/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɑl.tɚd/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈɔːl.təd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of alter
    form of alter