Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to alter
Participle: altered
Gerund: altering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | alter |
| you | alter |
| he;she;it | alters |
| we | alter |
| you | alter |
| they | alter |
Perfect
| I | have altered |
| you | have altered |
| he;she;it | has altered |
| we | have altered |
| you | have altered |
| they | have altered |
Past
| I | altered |
| you | altered |
| he;she;it | altered |
| we | altered |
| you | altered |
| they | altered |
Pluperfect
| I | had altered |
| you | had altered |
| he;she;it | had altered |
| we | had altered |
| you | had altered |
| they | had altered |
Future
| I | will alter |
| you | will alter |
| he;she;it | will alter |
| we | will alter |
| you | will alter |
| they | will alter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have altered |
| you | will have altered |
| he;she;it | will have altered |
| we | will have altered |
| you | will have altered |
| they | will have altered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | alter |
| you | alter |
| he;she;it | alter |
| we | alter |
| you | alter |
| they | alter |
Perfect
| I | have altered |
| you | have altered |
| he;she;it | have altered |
| we | have altered |
| you | have altered |
| they | have altered |
Imperfect
| I | altered |
| you | altered |
| he;she;it | altered |
| we | altered |
| you | altered |
| they | altered |
Pluperfect
| I | had altered |
| you | had altered |
| he;she;it | had altered |
| we | had altered |
| you | had altered |
| they | had altered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would alter |
| you | would alter |
| he;she;it | would alter |
| we | would alter |
| you | would alter |
| they | would alter |
Perfect
| I | would have altered |
| you | would have altered |
| he;she;it | would have altered |
| we | would have altered |
| you | would have altered |
| they | would have altered |
Imperative
| you | alter |
| we | Let's alter |
| you | alter |
Verbs conjugated like 'alter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'alter'
atter,
balter,
falter,
halter,
palter,
walter,
adulter,
alert,
alien,
altre,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- institute a change in
- vary
- to modify
- differentiate
- to change the form or structure of
- adapt, amend, change, convert, differentiate, innovate, metamorphose, modify, revamp, rework, transform, transmogrify, transume, variate, vary
- change
- reverse, adjust, convert, modify, differ, turn, vary, tamper
- castrate
- geld, spay, sterilize, emasculate, mutilate, fix
- remodel
- transform, renovate, reconstruct, refurbish
Antonyms
- to change the form or structure of
- leave alone, leave be, let alone, let be, preserve
- change
- constancy, stability, immutability, firmness
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374, "to change (something)," from O.Fr.
altérer, from M.L.
alterare, from L.
alter "the other (of the two)," from PIE
*al- "beyond" + comp. suffix
-ter. Intr. sense "to become otherwise" first recorded 1590.
Alteration "change in ready-made clothes to suit a customer's specifications" is from 1901.
2. From Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterāre (“to make other”), from Latin alter (“the other”), from al- (seen in alius (“other”), alienus (“of another”), etc.; see alias, alien, etc.) + compar. suffix -ter. See: French '
altérer'.
Verbs referencing "alter"
Indonesian
alter, Welsh
altro, Ido alterar, Finnish with old forms
alteroida.
Sample Sentences
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It is a place not to be forgotten or mixed up in the mind with other places, or altered for a moment in the crowd of scenes a traveller can recall. Apart from the realities of this most picturesque city, there are associations clustering about it which would make a desert rich in [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Well, we jogged on together some time, till Alfred saw plainly that I was no planter. He thought it absurd, after he had reformed, and altered, and improved everywhere, to suit my notions, that I still remained unsatisfied. The fact was, it was, after all, the THING that I hated—the using these men and women, the perpetuation of all this [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Topsy was at first despised and contemned by the upper servants. They soon found reason to alter their opinion. It was very soon discovered that whoever cast an indignity on Topsy was sure to meet with some inconvenient accident shortly after; — either a pair of ear-rings or some cherished [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] wound themselves around this child. It was for Eva that he had managed his property; it was for Eva that he had planned the disposal of his time; and, to do this and that for Eva,—to buy, improve, alter, and arrange, or dispose something for her,—had been so long his habit, that now she was gone, there seemed nothing to be thought of, and nothing to be done.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Thomas ! ” said Dorcas. “ I tell you, granny, if you bottle a fellow up too tight, I shall split, ” said Tom. “ But about the gal,—tell ’ em to dress her up some way, so's to alter her. Her description's out in Sandusky. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)