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alt¹

  • /ɔːlt/ UK
  • /ɒlt/ UK
  • /ɑlt/ US
  • /ælt/ US

Rhymes with -ɔːlt, -ɒlt

noun

  1. uncountable Of a voice or instrument, high pitch; especially, the octave above the top line of the treble stave. Sop[hy] Moderato! moderato! Madam. Your Ladyship's absolutely in alt. / L[ady] Scr[ape] In alt! Madam? / Sop[hy] Yes, in alt- Give me leave to tell your Ladyship, that you have raised your voice a full octave higher since you came into the room.
  2. archaic, uncountable A state of excitement, a heightened emotional condition. I was, however, glad at my heart, that Mrs. Moore came up so seasonably with notice, that dinner was ready. The fair fugitive was all in alt. She had the game in her own hands; and by giving me so good an excuse for withdrawing, I had time to strengthen myself; the Captain had time to come; and the

alt²

  • /ɔːlt/ UK
  • /ɒlt/ UK
  • /ɑlt/ US
  • /ælt/ US

Rhymes with -ɔːlt, -ɒlt

Where it comes from

Abbreviations.

adjective

  1. abbreviation, clipping, not comparable Clipping of alternate alt key
  2. abbreviation, clipping, not comparable Clipping of alternative, especially as a cultural phenomenon seen as being outside the mainstream of its genre. alt medicine

    Similar: alt-

noun alts

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of altitude
  2. Internet An alternate or secondary account. Of these alts, how many of them are a gender other than your own?
  3. Internet An alternate account. You've been here four days and you already know about the incident from last year? You're such an obvious alt.
  4. An alternative investment or alternative fund. liquid alts
  5. Internet An alternate version of a piece of art, especially without much changes beyond a specific thing.
  6. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of alt text

verb alts · alting · alted

  1. Internet, intransitive To use an alternate or secondary account. I got banned so I'm alting.

alt³

  • /ɔːlt/ UK
  • /ɒlt/ UK
  • /ɑlt/ US
  • /ælt/ US

Rhymes with -ɔːlt, -ɒlt

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Alt.

noun alts

  1. Synonym of altbier. Top-fermenting ales are still brewed, notably the alts of Düsseldorf and kölsches of Cologne.

    Similar: altbier

Alt⁴

  • /ɔlt/

Rhymes with -ɔlt

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of alternate or alternative.

noun Alts

  1. A modifier key used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys.

Alt⁵

proper noun

  1. A river in West Lancashire and Merseyside, England that flows into the Irish Sea; in full, the River Alt.

ALT⁶

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of alanine transaminase Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).
  2. Japan, abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Assistant Language Teacher

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: elevation, el, altitude, backspace, esc, shadow, ctrl, variation, variant, existence, alternate, further, alternator, del, option, alternative

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@misc{alt_2026,
  title = {alt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}