altered

Thân thiện

The tailor altered the suit to fit the customer perfectly.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Changed or modified: Describes something that has been changed from its original form, state, or condition, often to improve it or make it more suitable for a specific purpose.
   • Made different: Indicates a transformation or adjustment in form, character, or nature, without becoming an entirely different thing.
   • Neutered or spayed: Specifically used to describe an animal that has had its reproductive organs (testicles or ovaries) surgically removed.

Usage Examples

• General Change:
  • The architect presented the altered blueprints to the client.
  • Her altered appearance was surprising to everyone.
• Adapted for Purpose:
  • The recipe was altered to be gluten-free.
  • The software has an altered interface for beginners.
• Regarding Animals:
  • We adopted an altered cat from the shelter.

Advanced Usage

• "Irreversibly altered": Changed in a way that cannot be undone or returned to the original state.
  • The landscape was irreversibly altered by the mining operation.
• "Chemically altered": Changed in composition or structure through a chemical process.
  • The substance is a chemically altered form of the original compound.

Variants and Related Words

• Alter (verb): To make a change to something.
  • They had to alter their plans due to the weather.
• Alteration (noun): The act of altering or the result of being altered; a change.
  • The alteration to the dress was minor but effective.
• Unaltered (adjective): Not changed or modified; remaining in the original state.
  • The document exists in its unaltered form.

Synonyms

• Modified: Changed in form or character.
• Adjusted: Changed slightly to achieve a desired fit, appearance, or result.
• Amended: Changed for the better; improved by formal correction.

Antonyms

• Original: Present or existing from the beginning; not a copy or imitation.
• Unchanged: Not changed; unaltered.

Related Phrases

• To alter course: To change direction or change one's plan of action.
  • The ship had to alter course to avoid the storm.
• Altered state (of consciousness): A condition of the mind significantly different from the normal waking state, such as in meditation or under the influence of drugs.
  • The meditation induced an altered state of awareness.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
   • seeds precisely adapted to the area
   • instructions altered to suit the children's different ages
2. having testicles or ovaries removed
3. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• adapted
• neutered