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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024al•ter /ˈɔltɚ/USA pronunciation v. - to change;
(to cause to) be different or modified in some way, as size, style, course, or the like: [~ + object]to alter a coat.[no object]Her schedule has altered drastically. - Veterinary Diseases to castrate or spay:[~ + object]The cat had been altered.
See -alte-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024al•ter (ôl′tər),USA pronunciation v.t. - to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like;
modify:to alter a coat;to alter a will;to alter course. - Veterinary Diseasesto castrate or spay.
v.i. - to change;
become different or modified.
- Late Latin alterāre to change, worsen, derivative of Latin alter other
- Old French alterer
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See adjust, change.
Al•ter (ôl′tər),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
alter., - alteration.
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