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adj · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔːl.təd/
  • General-American: /ˈɔl.tɚd/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈɑl.tɚd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AO1 L T ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Having been changed from an original form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Neutered; having had testicles or uterus and ovaries removed to prevent procreation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Qualifier: usually a pet

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of alter

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

changed in form or character without becoming something else- Charles Dickens

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the altered policy promised success
  • following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization
  • he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unaltered

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • seeds precisely adapted to the area
  • instructions altered to suit the children's different ages

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adapted

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

having testicles or ovaries removed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: neutered

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُعَدَّل (muʕaddal) — having been changed
  • Catalan: alterat — having been changed
  • Esperanto: aliigita — having been changed
  • Finnish: muuttunut — having been changed
  • French: altéré — having been changed
  • Galician: alterado — having been changed
  • German: abgeändert — having been changed
  • Latin: immūtātus — having been changed
  • Russian: изменённый (izmenjónnyj) — having been changed
  • Spanish: alterado — having been changed
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