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/ˈɔːl.təd/ UK
/ˈɔl.tɚd/ US
/ˈɑl.tɚd/ cot caught merger

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of alter

noun altereds

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

adjective

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.
not comparable, of an animal Neutered; having had testicles or uterus and ovaries removed to prevent procreation.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: edited, modified, adjusted, adapted, castrated, unsexed, changed, emended, neutered, revised, engineered, weathering, impacted, weathered, reversed, twisted

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adj having been changed

Español	alterado
Français	altéré
Deutsch	abgeändert
Русский	изменённый izmenjónnyj
العربية	مُعَدَّل muʕaddal

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@misc{altered_2026,
  title = {altered},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/altered},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}