alter
Verbs
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(v) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city
- The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
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(v) become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- her mood changes in accordance with the weather
- The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season
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(v) make an alteration to
- This dress needs to be altered
- (v) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby interpolate, falsify,
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(v) remove the ovaries of
- Is your cat spayed?
Synonyms
change modify vary interpolate falsify neuter spay castrateWords of close approximity
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