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# altered

«altered» in Mova's school dictionary: **changed, made different** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb past form of alter (alter, alters, altered, altering); adjective (altered)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Altered means changed, made different. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/altered/#m1)

2) (adjective) Altered describes something that has been changed: an altered photo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/altered/#m2)

3) (euphemism) An altered pet has had an operation so it cannot have babies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/altered/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, when one variable is altered, the others stay the same for a fair test. In maths «the numbers were altered» means changed. In everyday life clothes are altered to fit, and photos can be altered on a computer, so not every picture is true. Phrases: altered state, altered by.

### examples

- She altered her plan when it started to rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/altered/#x1)
- We altered only the amount of water in the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/altered/#x2)
- The photo had been altered to look scary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/altered/#x3)
- Mum altered my school skirt so it fits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/altered/#x4)
- The road was altered after the accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/altered/#x5)
- His voice had altered as he grew older. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/altered/#x6)
- (euphemism) Our cat has been altered by the vet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/altered/#x7)
- ‘Have you altered your mind, then?’ interrupted the Fairy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/altered/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: alter, altered. Homophone trap: «alter» (change) and «altar» (church table) sound the same. Opposite: unaltered. In maths, if a value is altered by +5, add 5 to it.

### In the corpora

- [«He was indeed an altered Toad!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/5/)
- [«He was indeed an altered Toad!» (altered = changed)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/27/)
- ["Altered" (US) means a pet has been neutered or spayed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «altered» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/altered/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.