adjective
1. changed in form or character without becoming something else (Freq. 1)
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the altered policy promised success
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following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization
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"he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens
• Ant: ↑unaltered
2. having testicles or ovaries removed
• Syn: ↑neutered
3. changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
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seeds precisely adapted to the area
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instructions altered to suit the children's different ages
• Syn: ↑adapted
• Similar to: ↑modified
Useful english dictionary. 2012.