Definitions for alter

alter al·ter

Spelling: [awl-ter]
IPA: /ˈɔl tər/

Alter is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in alter (aelrt).

Definitions for alter

noun

  1. David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
  2. in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
  3. another exactly the same.

adjective

  1. high.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify:
  2. to castrate or spay.

verb (used without object)

  1. to change; become different or modified.

Origin of alter

1350-1400; Middle English Old French alterer Late Latin alterāre to change, worsen, derivative of Latin alter other

Examples for alter

This, I dare say, will make them alter their behaviour to you.

To this he consents; but he has not courage to alter the family customs.

They often say in their Gnomic aphorisms, ‘Even the Gods cannot alter the past.’

Some of the things Lawrence had to alter from the book involved President Coin, played by Julianne Moore.

They dye their hair and alter their clothes, but not enough to attract attention from authorities.

Both Trudeau and alter, levelheaded as they are, are extremely meticulous about their production.

Christine might be right, but that did not alter things for him.

But he said Felina could not be convinced to alter her behavior to account for the increased danger.

It was all in vain, he confesses; he could not alter the convictions of the Empress.

“Democrats say, ‘The only Republicans I like are the ones I see on Alpha House,’” alter says.

Word Value for alter
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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