Alter

  

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Definition: Alter

Alter

Verb

1. 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".

2. Make or 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".

3. Make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered".

4. Insert words into texts.

5. Castrate, used with animals; "Is your dog neutered?".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Alter" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be old", "other".

Date "alter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Alter Channel

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Alter Channel which is better known as Alter (pronounced ol't[er], while the Greeks and some other people pronounced from the original Latin al'ter) is the latest main network ever to be launched with Tempo. This channel is similar to the WB network and Kids WB along with the Fox Box in the International market based in America. It was launched around 2000-2001. It features programs from all over the world. Cartoons are also broadcasted when Star Channel switched over its shows to Alter. It broadcasts the Greek versions of Toei's Digimon, England's Bob the Builder, etc. It is the new home of foreign programming which they are subtitled. Some of these shows when they start features a partial music video, which many oppose. It even shows a music video (clip) in front of television programmings which you will find it only in Greece. Preschool music clips are show n during Saturday Mornings while the ABC, anf other channels in the world shows just plain commercials. There are some Greek programming shown here. Alter Eideseis (Alter News Bulletin) is shown at 2PM, 7:30PM and midnight during TV shows.

The Alter logo (lasted for just one year) rotates at the 360 as a whirlpool. The logo colors were blue starting from the bottom and red starting at the top. Alter with capital letters was part of the logo shown at the bottom. Today Alter Channel has no logo. Onlt its text appear when Star Channel moved its programming.

Programs

Schedule

A list of schedules can be found at Alter Channel television schedule

History

2001-2002 Alter was launched to make room for a probability of popularity trying to compete with other Greek networks being the top 10 channel. alter.gr some prefer alter.com.gr was also launched.

2001-2002 Star Channel moved some of its programming, except Pokemon, and Teletubbies all of the preschool clips, video clips that are shown during commercials, and longer period when the show ends before another program shows up to Alter.

2002 Alter Eidiseis (Alter News Bulletin) peaks at 250,000, surpassing almost any channel but Star, being the #1 news broadcast.

September 2002 Alter moves the news programming from 6PM Balkan-Nile (GMT+2) (5PM Cen. Europe-Cen. Africa Time/GMT+1) to an hour and twenty minutes later to compete with other channels, and probably replace ANT1 news schedules, Star Channel did the same.)

October 2003 Head of Alter and Tempo were fired.

External Links

http://www.alter.gr (Mostly in Greek)

See Also

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Alter Channel."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Alter

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

ALTER

EnglishAlternative Traffic in Towns ProjectTransportation

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Alter

Synonyms: change (v), falsify (v), interpolate (v), neuter (v), spay (v), vary (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Alter

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Activity

Phrase: carpe diem; (opportunity); nulla dies sine linea; nec mora nec requies; the plot thickens; No sooner said than done; (early); "veni vidi vici"; catch a weasel asleep; abends wird der Faule fleissig; dictum ac factum; schwere Arbeit in der Jugend ist sanfte Ruhe im Alter; "the busy hum of men ".

Auxiliary

Ally; friend; confidant, fidus Achates, pal, buddy, alter ego.

Change

Verb: change, alter, vary, wax and wane; modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with; turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert; pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume.

Compensation

Phrase: " light is mingled with the gloom "; every dark cloud has a silver lining; primo avulso non deficit alter; saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas.

Deputy

Regent, viceregent, vizier, minister, vicar; premier; (director); chancellor, prefect, provost, warden, lieutenant, archon, consul, proconsul; viceroy; (governor); commissioner; Tsung-li Yamen, Wai Wu Pu; plenipotentiary, alter ego.

Deviation

Verb: alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend; bend, curve; swerve, heel, bear off; gybe, wear.

Evidence

Verb: countervail, oppose; mitigate against; rebut; (refute); subvert; (destroy); cheek, weaken; contravene; contradict; (deny); tell the other side of the story, tell another story, turn the scale, alter the case; turn the tables; cut both ways; prove a negative.

Friend

Noun: friend, friend of one's bosom; alter ego; best friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend; amicus; usque ad aras; fidus Achates; persona grata.

Identity

Facsimile; (copy); homoousia: alter ego; (similar); ipsissima verba; (exactness); same; self, very, one and the same; very thing, actual thing; real McCoy; no other; one and only; in the flesh.

Impotence

Unman, unnerve, enervate; emasculate, castrate, geld, alter, neuter, sterilize, fix.

Plurality

Phrase: non deficit alter.

Similarity

Analogue; the like; match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister; one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne; gens de meme famille.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Alter

English words defined with "alter": adjust, air-slake, alchemise, alchemize, aversion therapychange taste, codicil, corruptdeform, distort, doctor, doctor upetiolateImmute, importantly, IntervaryMisalterretouch, retrorocket, rewrite, Right sailingset, significantly, sophisticate, spoil, strainTo change step, touch up, transform, transmute, turnvalve. (references)
Specialty definitions using "alter": alter switch. (references)
Etymologies containing "alter": Intervary. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Alter" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (altar), Frisian (altar), German (age, antiqueness, Hoar, old age, seniority), Latin (alter, another, either, elevate, former, further, latter, make high, next, one, other, otherwise, raise, second, some person, the other (of the two), thing), Lombard (another, else, other).

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Modern Usage: Alter

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Not unless you can alter time, speed up the harvest or teleport me off this rock (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas)

They don't alter their views to fit the facts (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

You can alter our physiology but you cannot change our nature (Star Trek: Voyager; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart)

When you kneel before the alter, how do you get up again (Ladyhawke; writing credit: Edward Khmara)

I now alter the bargain (Battlestar Galactica; writing credit: Glen A. Larson)

Lyrics

We stood at the alter the gypsy swore our future was right (BRILLIANT DISGUISE; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

They say music can alter moods and talk to you (Sing For The Moment; performing artist: EMINEM)

Success or failure will not alter it (THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER; performing artist: Howard Jones)

Movie/TV Titles

Alter Kahn und junge Liebe (1973)

Ein Mann im schönsten Alter (1963)

Alter Kahn und junge Liebe (1957)

Männer im gefährlichen Alter (1953)

Das Gefährliche Alter (1927)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Alter

DomainTitle

Books

  • Alter Your Life (reference)

  • Animals and Psychedelics: The Natural World and the Instinct to Alter Consciousness (reference)

  • Confessions of an Alter Boy (reference)

  • Fantastic Fit for Every Body: How to Alter Patterns to Flatter Your Figure (A Rodale Sewing Book) (reference)

  • How To Alter A Bridal Gown (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Star Trek - Voyager, Episode 55: Alter Ego (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Alter

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Photo Album: Alter

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"Traveling Wave 1" (movie) by Сергей Бирюков (Sergei Biryukov). In this movie, and in "Traveling Wave 2", you can use DPGraph's scrollbar to vary the parameters A, B, C, and D, to alter the movie while it is running.

Are education and propaganda sufficient to alter the habits which breed sexually transmitted diseases? / WHO/Camera Press, London photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Tobol'sk kremlin, Archbishop's Residence (1773-75), interior, residential church, view east with alter. Since 1925, the main site of the Tobol'sk Regional History Museum, Tobol'sk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.

Circumstances alter cases. It is most humiliating ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Alter
 

"St. Peters 2" by Don Schwartz
Commentary: "View interior of St. Peters Basilica with a stream of sunlight on the alter."
"Hi-tec" by Lucian Binder
Commentary: "Alter traktor - noch im betrieb."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Alter

AuthorQuotation

Benjamin Franklin

Energy and persistence alter all things.

Confucius

Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.

Crescas

God Himself cannot alter the laws of a priore truth.

Disraeli

Apologies only account for the evil which they cannot alter.
Characters do not change. -- Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Lord Acton

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.

Oscar Wilde

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Not he is great who can alter matter but he who can alter my state of mind.

Samuel Butler

God cannot alter the past, but historians can.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Alter

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Alter casus est, Si rex in alicujus clientelam se contulit, ac regnum quod liberum a majoribus & populo traditum accepit, alienae ditioni mancipavit. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Declaration of Independence

1776

Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. (reference)

US Constitution

1791

Clause 1: The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators. (reference)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it; or, that the legislature may alter the constitution by an ordinary act. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

And your education! Is not that also social, and determined by the social conditions under which you educate, by the intervention, direct or indirect, of society, by means of schools, etc.? The Communists have not invented the intervention of society in education; they do but seek to alter the character of that intervention, and to rescue education from the influence of the ruling class. (reference)

John F. Kennedy

1961

But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course--both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Alter

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

She was pleased with the eagerness to arrive which had made him alter his plan, and travel earlier, later, and quicker, that he might gain half a day.

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

I see it, but I cannot alter it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Alter

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Attempts to alter FFP use frequently have been ineffective. (references)

Second messengers diffuse within the cell and alter cell behavior. (references)

V. vulnificus does not alter the appearance, taste, or odor of oysters. (references)

Business

Severance compensation is generous and management latitude to alter its workforce is restricted. (references)

Treatment may also be used to alter the state of the waste so that it is no longer defined as clinical waste. (references)

Partnerships between client/supplier will alter the way business is conducted by creating new virtual, networked organizations. (references)

Civil Liberties

Hungary

The Government may alter or revoke permits for assembly, but there were no reports that they used this authority during the year. (references)

Burkina Faso

Applicants must indicate the date, time, duration, and itinerary of the march or rally, and authorities may alter or deny requests on grounds of public safety. (references)

Bulgaria

By September the Ministry of Transport and Communications had prepared and submitted to the Council of Ministers amendments to the 1998 Telecommunications Act which would alter the procedure for licensing private radio stations. (references)

Economic History

Yemen

However, Yemeni markets are shallow and can alter rapidly as the preferences of the general populace change. (references)

El Salvador

Large loans now being sought to finance reconstruction from the 2001 earthquakes will further alter the country's debt profile. (references)

Lebanon

Efforts to alter or abolish the confessional system of allocating power have been at the center of Lebanese politics for decades. (references)

Human Rights

Liechtenstein

The Constitution authorizes the Prince to alter criminal sentences or pardon offenders. (references)

Egypt

The President may alter or annul a decision of a State Security Emergency court, including a decision to release a defendant. (references)

Niger

Elements of civil society successfully opposed a government attempt to alter the composition of the Commission during the year. (references)

Indigenous People

Venezuela

The groups had charged that only the legislature may alter the nature of the reserve; that the public review process prior to the change was inadequate; and that expanded mining activities would affect adversely the health of the Warao, Arawako, Karina, Akawaio, and Pemon indigenous communities that inhabit the Imataca watershed area. (references)

Political Economy

Ireland

Given the broad similarity between government and opposition views on economic policy, and the relative political weakness of those who propose radical changes to the country's economy, a change in government is unlikely to alter Irish economic policy. (references)

Worker Rights

China

The presence of Communist Party representatives in a small percentage of private enterprises, and of nonunion worker organizations in some state-owned enterprises has done little to alter the fact that the great majority of workers in the private sector have no official union representation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Alter

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Martha Stewart

Well, everybody has taste. Some people have bad taste. Some people good taste, naturally. But you can kind of alter the bad to good, if you work hard at it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Alter

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.

John Adams

1797-1801America will never allow that parliament has any authority to alter their constitution at all.

Woodrow Wilson

1913-1921But nothing will alter our thought or our purpose.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Alter

"Alter" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 81.25% of the time. "Alter" is used about 1,801 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)81.25%1,4635,539
Lexical Verb (base form)15.47%27917,495
Noun (singular)2.77%5048,117
Noun (proper)0.39%7133,076
Unclassified Items0.11%2245,945
                    Total100.00%1,801N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Alter

The following table summarizes the usage of "alter" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
AlterLast name1,0009,169
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Alter

"Alter" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be old", "other".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Alter."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
AlteFemaleJewishAlter
AlterMaleJewishN/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Alter

Expressions using "alter": alter course alter ego alter for the worse alter switch alter the case alter the course of non deficit alter primo avulso non deficit alter schwere Arbeit in der Jugend ist sanfte Ruhe im Alter. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "alter": alter-ego, alter-egos.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alter

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

alter ego

123

alter arrangement

8

alter

108

aeon alter

8

alter barry ego humphries

49

alter oracle

8

alter echo

39

alter ego game

7

alter table

32

alter zone

7

alter race

26

alter years

7

tag heuer alter ego

17

alter real

7

alter cover

16

alter umwelt

7

alter boy dangerous life

16

alter boy

7

alter image

15

alter column

6

alter oracle table

15

alter drapery

6

alter group

12

aeon alter help

6

alter ego pheromone

12

alter tablespace

6

alter high school

10

alter ego hair product

6

alter screen

10

alter flower

6

sql alter table

9

alter wiccan

5

alter meet

9

alter it so text that will

5

wedding alter

9

alter arrangement wedding

5

alter realm

8

alter of fire

5

alter umm

8

alter rug

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Alter

Language Translations for "alter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

verander (change, turn). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

shndërroj (convert, foul, transform, transmogrify, transmute, turn into), ndryshoj (amend, change, differ, diversify, do up, inflect, manipulate, metamorphose, recast, reverse, shift, switch, transform, vary). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قلب (bring down, capricious, capsize, center, centre, change, convert, core, essence, flip, heart, inversion, invert, inverting, leaf, middle, overthrow, overturn, reversal, reverse, tip, topple, transform, transformation, turn, turn about, turn around, turn inside down, turn over, turn up, upset, upturn, whimsical), ‏غير أو زور, ‏حسن (advantage, ameliorate, amend, beautiful, better, elaborate, extend, fine, handsome, improve, innovate, like better, make efficient, ok, okay, okey, perfect, polish, pretty, reclaim, reform, season, upgrade, well), ‏تغير (alteration, change, convert, metamorphose, modify, mutate, mutation, range, set of exchange, shift, shift up, swing, turn, variation, vary, vicissitude), ‏تبدل (alteration, change, chop, convert, transform), ‏عدل (adjust, amend, arrange, blue pencil, commute, equal, equate, erect, evenness, fairness, fashion, fix, justice, justness, mend, modify, modulate, overhaul, qualify, reason, recast, reclaim, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, reshuffle, retrofit, revise, right, righteousness, rightness, shuffle, straighten, temper), ‏خصى (castrate, emasculate, geld, neuter). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

променям (change, change to, differentiate, graduate, leaven, modify, mutate, remodel, reshape, reverse, shade, shift, turn, vary), преправям (bushel, convert, do over, rebuild, redo, remake, reshape), поправям (adjust, amend, blue pencil, castigate, cobble, correct, do up, doctor, emend, fix, fix up, mend, polish, recast, recondition, rectify, redeem, redress, remedy, renovate, repair, retouch, retrieve, revamp, revise, service, true, vamp), изменям се (mutate, turn), изменям (amend, betray, double cross, fail, modulate, mutate, renegade, shoot down, sophisticate, turn traitor). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

修改 (Altered, Altering, modification, modified, modify, Modifying). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zmìnit (invert, reverse, revise, switch, transform), upravit (adapt, adjust, arrange, do up, dress, fix, modify, organize, readjust, redress, regulate, sleek, tidy, touch up, treat, trim), pozmìnit (amend, modify), přestavìt (convert, rearrange, rebuild, reconstruct), předìlat (change, do over, overdo, re-do, remake), přešít. (various references)

   

Danish

  

forandre (change, turn). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

veranderen (change, transform, turn), anders maken (change, turn). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

aliigi (change, turn), aliiĝi (change). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

تغییریافتن , تغییردادن (Affect, Change, Interchange, Modify, Permute, Turquoise, Vary), عوض کردن (Change, Exchange, Remodel, Swap, Vary), جرح وتعدیل کردن , اصلاح کردن (Accommodate, Accord, Ameliorate, Correct, Emend, Improve, Modify, Reclaim, Remedy, Revise, Right), دگرگون کردن (Transform, Vary). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

muuttua (be changed, be converted, change, turn, vary), muuttaa (change, convert, migrate, move move, remove, transform, turn), muutella (change, shift), muute (change, shift), kuohita (castrate), kastroida (castrate, neuter, to castrate, to emasculate). (various references)

   

French

  

castrer. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

feroarje (amend, change, turn). (various references)

   

German

  

ändern (altering, amend, change, changing, modify, revise, switch, to amend, to modify, turn, vary), verändern (change, clone, diversify, modify, mutate, to clone, to mutate, transform, turn, vary), umändern (change, make over, modify, rearrange, transform, turn). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μετατρέπω (commute, convert, divert, reduce, transform, transmute), αλλάζω (change, chop, make over, shift, switch, veer), τροποποιώ (adfect, amend, modify, qualify). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשנות (be different, change, modify). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

változtat (change, modify, modulate, to change, to etherealize, to modulate, to render, to try another tack, to vary, vary), változik (change, to change, to fluctuate, to turn to, to vary, turn), átdolgoz (revise, to do over, to remodel, to reshape, to rework, to touch up, to work over, work over). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

umbreyta (change, turn). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

merubah (revise, vary), mempermak, berubah (change). (various references)

   

Irish

  

athraigh (change). (various references)

   

Italian

  

cambiarsi (change, shift), alterare (change, clone, falsify, forge, garble, get angry, go bad, go sour, lose one's temper, modify, transform, weather). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

改める (to alter, to change, to reform, to revise), 変える (to alter, to amend, to change, to convert, to revise, to vary). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かえる (frog, to alter, to amend, to change, to come back, to come home, to convert, to exchange, to go back, to go home, to hatch out, to interchange, to replace, to return, to revise, to send back, to substitute, to turn over, to turn upside down, to vary), あらためる (to alter, to change, to reform, to revise), じかんわりをなおす (to alter the schedule), へんずる (to alter, to be transfigured, to be transformed, to change into, to convert, to transform), へんじる (to alter, to be transfigured, to be transformed, to change into, to convert, to transform), てんずる (to alter, to distract, to drop, to kindle, to light, to make tea, to shift, to turn), てんじる (to alter, to distract, to drop, to kindle, to light, to make tea, to shift, to turn). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

바꾸십시요. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

cambia (change, turn). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alteray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

altere, alterar (bartender, change, confound, differ, discompose, distemper, distort, garble, invert, make into, modify, mutate, overset, reconsider, shift, sophisticate, translate, transmute, unsettle, vary), retocar (brush up, finish, put the last hand to, touch up), mudar-se (move out), mudar (bartender, change, chop, clabber, exchange, gybe, hand back, move, pass, relay, shed, switch, to change, transform, transmogrify, turn, vary), modificar-se (turn). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

schimba (change, chop, commute, convert into, exchange, fashion, improve, interchange, modify, renew, replace, shift, substitute, supersede, supplant, swap, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute, turn, vary). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

изменять (betray, change with, fictionalize, inflect, transform, vary, veer). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

atharraich (remove), mùth (change), caochail (change, die). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

preurediti (readjust, rearrange), prepravka (alteration, redecoration, remake), prepraviti (redecorate, redo, remake, remodel, revamp, rework), preinačiti (diversify, modify, modulate, transform, transmogrify), izmeniti (change, replace), izmena (change, exchange, interchange, replacement, substitution). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

mudar (back, break, break up, change, convert, Molt, moult, move, mutate, shed, Slough, slough off, throw, transfer, turn, turn about, turn around, vary, veer), cambiar (back, barter, be exchanged, break, break up, change, chop, conjure, deflect, dislocate, distort, drop, exchange, interchange, shift, swap, swap around, swap over, swap round, swing, switch, swop, to exchange, transfer, turn, turn about, turn around, turn round, vary, veer), modificar (adjust, amend, change, modify, qualify, revise, vary), combiar (change, turn), alterar (alloy, break, change, clone, debase, disturb, modify, transform, upset). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

kenki (about-face, alteration, change, conversion, transformation, turn). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ändra (amend, change, modify, redirect, revamp), förändras (change), förändra (altering, change, transform, turn). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kısırlaştırmak (caponize, castrate, have it neutered, have it spayed, neuter, spay, sterilize, unman), hadım etmek (castrate, cut, doctor, emasculate, evirate, geld, unman), değiştirmek (alternate, amend, change, commute, convert, disguise, diversify, doctor, exchange, falsify, garble, inflect, interchange, intersperse, juggle with, metamorphose, modify, recast, replace, revise, shed, shift, specialize, swap, switch, switch to, swop, transmute, unmake, vary), değişmek (alternate, amend, change, chop about, chop round, convert, modify, mutate, shade, shift, switch, turn to, vary), değişiklik yapmak (emend, innovate, modify, recast, remodel, shake up, work over), baxkalaxmak (change, turn), başkalaştırmak (metamorphose, transfigure), başkalaşmak (grow different, metamorphose, vary). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

ьяtgetmek (change, modify), цzgertmek (change, vary). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

каструвати (caponize, castrate, emasculate, neuter, spay, unman), видозмінювати (modify, mutate, transfigure, transform), мінятися (break up, change, niffer, shift, swap, switch, swop, vary), змінюватися (change, relay, spell, veer), змінювати (change, switch, tone, transform, turn round, variegate), переробляти (adapt, change, do again, furbish up, make over, readjust, recast, re-do, rehash, remake, remodel, revise, rework, transverse, turn over, work over). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

altro, newid (alteration, change). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

k'exik (change, turn). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Alter

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

kúr. (various references)

Akkadian3000 BCE-Modern

nakâru. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

alter, conversa, conversae, conversi, conversique, conversum, conversus, conversusque, convertam, convertantur, convertar, convertat, convertatur, converte, convertebantur, convertebat, convertemini, convertemur, convertemus, convertendas, convertendo, convertendos, convertendum, convertens, convertent, convertentem, convertentes, convertenti, convertentibus, convertentur, converterat, convertere, converteremur, converterentur, converteret, converteretur, converterint, converteris, converterit, convertero, converteruntque, convertes, convertet, convertetur, converti, convertimini, convertimur, convertis, convertissem, convertisti, convertistis, convertit, convertitis, convertitque, converto, convertuntur, inmuta, inmutabis, inmutabit, inmutabuntur, inmutare, inmutarent, inmutat, inmutata, inmutatae, inmutatumque, inmutatur, inmutatus, inmutaverunt, inmutavit, innova, innovabit, innovabitur, innovare, innovat, innovate, innovemus, muta, mutabatur, mutaberis, mutabis, mutabit, mutabitur, mutabo, mutabunt, mutabuntur, mutans, mutant, mutantem, mutantur, mutare, mutaret, mutari, mutarit, mutasset, mutat, mutata, mutate, mutato, mutatoque, mutatoria, mutatum, mutatur, mutatus, mutaverit, mutaverunt, mutavit, mutent, mutet, mutetur, muto, mutor, novo, variare, versa, versae, versaque, versi, versis, versos, versum, versumque, versus, vertam, vertatur, verte, vertebatur, vertens, vertente, vertentes, verterat, verterem, verterent, verterit, verterunt, verteruntque, vertetur, verti, vertissem, vertisset, vertisti, vertit, vertite, vertitis, vertitque, vertitur, vertunt. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Alter

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 19, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai hlqen o deuteroV legwn kurie h mna sou epoihsen pente mnaV
Latin405VulgateEt alter venit dicens domine mna tua fecit quinque mnas
Old English990West Saxonþa com oðer and cwæð. hlaford. þin pund gestrynde fif pund;
Middle English1395WyclifAnd another cam, seyinge, Lord, thi besaunt hath maad fyue besauntis.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd the other came sayinge: Lorde thy poude hath encreased fyve pounde.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd another came, saying, Your pound has made five pounds.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Alter

LanguageLuke Chapter 19, Verse 18
CebuanoUg ang ikaduha miduol nga nag-ingon, `Senyor, ang imong usa ka mina hingdugangan ug lima ka mina.`
CroatianDoðe i drugi govoreæi: 'Mna je tvoja, gospodaru, donijela pet mna.'
DanishOg den anden kom og sagde: Herre! dit Pund har indbragt fem Pund.
DutchEn de tweede kwam, en zeide: Heer, uw pond heeft vijf ponden gewonnen.
FinnishJa toinen tuli ja sanoi: `Herra, sinun leiviskäsi on tuottanut viisi leiviskää`.
FrenchLe second vint, et dit: Seigneur, ta mine a produit cinq mines.
GermanDer andere kam und sprach: Herr dein Pfund hat fünf Pfund getragen.
HungarianÉs jöve a második, mondván: Uram, a te gírád öt gírát nyert.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPelayan kedua datang dan berkata, 'Tuan, satu uang emas yang Tuan berikan itu, sudah saya jadikan lima.'
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka datanglah yang kedua menghadap, serta berkata: Ya Tuan, perak Tuan yang sekati itu sudah menjadi lima kati lebihnya.
Korean그 둘 째 가 와 서 가 로 되 주 여 주 의 한 므 나 로 다 섯 므 나 를 만 들 었 나 이 다
LatvianUn otrs atnâca un sacîja: Kungs, tava mina nopelnîja piecas minas.
MaoriA, ko te haerenga mai o te tuarua, ka mea, E te ariki, e rima nga pauna kua mahia ki tau pauna.
NorwegianOg den annen kom og sa: Herre! ditt pund har gitt fem pund.
PortugueseVeio o segundo, dizendo: Senhor, a tua mina rendeu cinco minas.   
RumanianA venit al doilea, wi i -a zis: ,,Doamne, polul tqu a mai adus cinci poli.``
RussianрТЙЫЕМ ЧФПТПК Й УЛБЪБМ: ЗПУРПДЙО! НЙОБ ФЧПС РТЙОЕУМБ РСФШ НЙО.
Shuar`Chíkich taa "Iistá Uuntá, ame Kuítrumjai takakmasan senku patasan achikjai" timiai.'
SpanishVino el segundo y dijo: 'Señor, tu mina ha hecho cinco minas.'
SwahiliMtumishi wa pili akaja, akasema: `Mheshimiwa, faida iliyopatikana ni mara tano ya zile fedha ulizonipa.`
SwedishDärefter kom den andre i ordningen och sade: 'Herre, ditt pund har avkastat fem pund.'
Uma"Pahawaa' karodua-na rata wo'o pai' mpo'uli': `Magau', doi bulawa to hampepa' to nuwai' -ka, jadi' lima mpepa' -mi.'

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Alter

Derivations

Words beginning with "alter": alterabilities, alterability, alterable, alterably, alterant, alterants, alteration, alterations, altercate, altercated, altercates, altercating, altercation, altercations, altered, alterer, alterers, altering, alternate, alternated, alternately, alternates, alternating, alternation, alternations, alternative, alternatively, alternativeness, alternativenesses, alternatives, alternator, alternators, alters. (additional references)

Words ending with "alter": desalter, drysalter, exalter, falter, halter, misalter, palter, psalter, realter, salter. (additional references)

Words containing "alter": desalters, drysalteries, drysalters, drysaltery, exalters, faltered, falterer, falterers, faltering, falteringly, falters, halterbreak, halterbreaking, halterbreaks, halterbroke, halterbroken, haltere, haltered, halteres, haltering, halters, inalterabilities, inalterability, inalterable, inalterableness, inalterablenesses, inalterably, misaltered, misaltering, misalters, paltered, palterer, palterers, paltering, palters, psalteria, psalteries, psalterium, psalters, psaltery, realtered, realtering, realters, saltern, salterns, salters, subaltern, subalterns, superaltern, superalterns, unalterabilities. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Alter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acter, aiter, Aitor, Alatri, Alatyr, Alber, alear, aleer, aler, Alero, alet, Aleta, alher, alier, aliter, alitex, Allexr, Almer, Alnemri, alner, Alper, Alster, alstoe, altae, Altaf, altair, altan, altare, altarf, altay, alte, altec, alterc, altero, alterum, Alther, altier, Altiero, altoe, altor, altre, Altweg, Altyre, alver, apter, atear, ater, Aterk, atlee, atlet, auteer, auter, autre, avtur, blter, Iltr, itler, latere, Latero, malter, Oltre, Valtre. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Alter"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "alter" (pronounced ô"lter)
4ô" l t eraltar, falter, halter, psalter, Salter.
3-l t erbelter, Bolter, Colter, Coulter, filter, kelter, kilter, molter, Poulter, Quilter, Realtor, shelter, skelter, smelter, swelter, welter.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Alter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: alert, artel, later, ratel, taler.

Words within the letters "a-e-l-r-t"

-1 letter: earl, late, lear, rale, rate, real, tael, tale, tare, teal, tear, tela.

-2 letters: ale, alt, are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, eta, lar, lat, lea, let, rat, ret, tae, tar, tea, tel.

-3 letters: ae, al, ar, at, el, er, et, la, re, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-l-r-t"
 

+1 letter: alerts, alters, antler, armlet, artels, cartel, claret, dartle, elater, elytra, estral, falter, halter, labret, laster, lather, latter, learnt, lyrate, palter, plater, ratels, rattle, realty, rectal, relate, rental, retail, retial, retral, salter, slater, staler, stelar, tailer, talers, talker, taller, tergal, thaler, tramel, travel, varlet.

 

+2 letters: alerted, alerter, alertly, altered, alterer, antlers, apteral, armlets, article, artless, atelier, battler, blaster, blather, blatter, bleater, bloater, brattle, cartels, central, clarets, clatter, crestal, dartled, dartles, delator, dextral, dilater, earthly, elaters, enteral, enthral, estrual, eternal, exalter, falters, flatter, floater, gloater, greatly, halbert, haltere, halters, harslet, irately, labrets, lambert, lamster, lantern, largest, lasters, laterad, lateral, lathers, lathery, lathier, latrine, lazaret, leather, legator, leotard, levator, librate, literal, loather, locater, lyrated, maltier, marlite, martlet, neutral, palters, partlet, peartly, persalt, petrale, peytral, plaiter, planter, plaster, platers, platier, platter, pleater, plectra, prattle, prelate, prolate, psalter, pteryla, ratable, rathole, ratlike, ratline, rattled, rattler, rattles, realest, realist, reality, reallot, realter, realtor, recital, redtail, reflate, refloat, refutal, related, relater, relates, relator, reliant, rentals, replant, replate, reslate, retable, retails, retinal, retrial, saltern, salters, saltier, saltire, saluter, scarlet, slaters, slather, slatier, stabler, stalker, stapler, starlet, startle, stealer, stellar, sternal, tackler, tailers, talkers, talkier, tallier, tangler, tartlet, tattler, tearful, tearily, tegular, teleran, templar, tertial, thalers, thermal, torulae, trachle, trailed, trailer, tramell, tramels, trammel, trample, travels, trawled, trawler, trawley, treacle, treacly, treadle, trehala, trenail, triable, tutelar, uralite, varlets, vaulter, ventral, vestral, waltzer, warstle, wastrel, wrastle.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Frequency
17. Names: Derived from
18. Expressions
19. Expressions: Internet
20. Translations: Modern
21. Translations: Ancient
22. Bible Trace
23. Abbreviations
24. Acronyms
25. Derivations
26. Rhymes
27. Anagrams
28. Bibliography


  

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