ALTER
{ awlt-uhr }

Alter

Perceptions

To Modify
To Rework
To Redefine
To Amend
To Revise

To Change
To Restyle
To Edit
To Transform
To Revamp

To Rearrange
To Improve
To Shift
To Fine-tune
To Vary

To Adapt
To Customize
To Refine
To Convert
To Reshape

ALTER, v. { awlt-uhr } [ 1 ] To change ( something ), usually slightly — My tutor altered my paper so that it flows better. / She altered her face with plastic surgery. [ 2 ] ( of fabric, material, etc. ) To change the size, length, etc. — I need to have these dress pants altered. { Combinations } [ with adverb ] Radically alter, significantly alter, fundamentally alter. [ with subject ] The change alters, no amount alters the fact, circumstances alter. [ with direct objet ] Alter the course, alter perceptions, alter one’s behavior. [ with prepositional phrase ] Alter in a way, alter beyond recognition, alter at will. [ with nound modifier ] Altered state, altered version, altered form. [ with adjective modifier ] Unlikely to alter something. [ in conjunct ] Change and alter, alter of add, alter or amend.

The selected logo should be full and clearly visible, not altered or resized, or covered up in any way. [ The New York Times ] Huhne said the coalition might have to “tack about” if circumstances alter before the budget next spring. [ The Guardian ] To remedy this, she said, he altered the date on the closing disclosure — a violation of federal regulations. [ Chicago Tribune ] No amount of political correctness will alter the fact that some people ought to be denied the right to breed. [ The New Zealand Herald However as stated above these details may be altered, amended or deleted by the BBC at its absolute discretion. [ BBC ] However, it said it saw no reason to alter its full-year profit guidance as released to the market on February 17. [ The Age ] In the third, Berdych altered his tactics slightly, moving forward more often and finding some success at the net. [ The Sydney Morning Herald ] Humanity’s ability to alter nature, a characteristic of our species for thousands of years, has taken a big step forward. [ The Washington Post ] Yet a third of Canadians say they deliberately alter the way they speak to make sure a swear word is not heard in public. [ The Province ] A rapid exchange of information and instructions is especially valuable if the company wants to alter course in stormy times. [ The Economist ] She tried poster board, foam board, cardboard and styrene, but all absorbed the paint differently, subtly altering the colours. [ Times Colonist ] It’s little recalled today, but from its inception in the Alien and Sedition Acts, Nativism has sought to alter the legal terms of citizenship. [ Los Angeles Times ] Mice genetically altered to lack the opiate receptor called mu did not develop tumours when they were injected with cancer cells, but normal mice did. [ Montreal Gazette ]

Borrowing from Middle French altérer, ‘to change’; from Late Latin alterare, ‘to make different’; from Classical Latin alter, ‘other’.