altered
- v cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city - v become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- v make an alteration to
This dress needs to be altered - v insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- v remove the ovaries of
- a changed in form or character without becoming something else
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"- Charles Dickens - s having testicles or ovaries removed
- s changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
instructions altered to suit the children's different ages
alternate
- n someone who takes the place of another person
- v go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- v exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- v be an understudy or alternate for a role
- v reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- v do something in turns
- s every second one of a series
the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays - s serving or used in place of another
- s occurring by turns; first one and then the other
- a of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
stems with alternate leaves
amateur
- n someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
- n an athlete who does not play for pay
- s engaged in as a pastime
an amateur painter
gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals - s lacking professional skill or expertise
a very amateurish job
alternating
- v go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- v exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- v be an understudy or alternate for a role
- v reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- v do something in turns
- a (of a current) reversing direction
alternating current - s occurring by turns; first one and then the other
alternating feelings of love and hate
alternative
- n one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
there no other alternative - s serving or used in place of another
an alternative plan - s necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
alternative possibilities were neutrality or war - s pertaining to unconventional choices
an alternative life style
alto
- n a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
- n the lowest female singing voice
- n the highest adult male singing voice
- n (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments
- n the pitch range of the lowest female voice
- s of or being the lowest female voice
- s of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor
- s (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group
alto clarinet or recorder
altricial
- a (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food