altered

Pluralaltereds

1. 1
   adjective

   Changed so that something is no longer the way it first was.

   Like a shirt that has been changed to fit a different size.

   The altered recipe used honey instead of sugar.

   His mood seemed altered after the long trip home.

   Similarmodified, changed

   Oppositeunchanged, original

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2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of alter. Use this form for changing that already happened.

   The tailor altered my jacket last week.

   They altered the plans after the meeting.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Fixed by surgery so that a pet can no longer have babies.

   Our altered cat no longer roams the neighborhood at night.

   The shelter only adopts out altered animals.

   Similarneutered, sterilized

   Oppositeintact

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A type of drag racing car with only part of a body and an engine left out in the open.

   Like a race car stripped down to just its frame and a big engine.

   The altered roared down the track with its engine fully exposed.

   He races an altered on weekends.

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