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{
"term": "alter",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "alter",
"heSheIt": "alters"
},
"pastSimple": "altered",
"pastParticiple": "altered",
"ingForm": "altering"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to become different; to make somebody/something different",
"sensetop": "alter somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Prices have not altered significantly this year."
},
{
"text": "He had altered so much I scarcely recognized him."
},
{
"text": "His actions that day altered my perception of him.",
"contextForm": "alter somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The landscape has been **radically altered** by changes in the climate."
},
{
"text": "They have the power to fundamentally **alter the course of** history."
},
{
"text": "She didn't alter her behaviour in any way."
},
{
"text": "Nothing can alter the fact that we are to blame."
},
{
"text": "The recipe has been altered to suit American tastes."
},
{
"text": "Fame hasn't really altered her."
},
{
"text": "It doesn't alter the way I feel."
},
{
"text": "This incident altered the whole course of events."
},
{
"text": "The party's policies have hardly altered, but public opinion has."
},
{
"text": "This development will alter the character of the town."
},
{
"text": "This law needs to be altered."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["completely", "considerably", "dramatically"],
"phrases": ["not alter the fact that"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make changes to a piece of clothing so that it will fit you better",
"sensetop": "alter something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We can have the dress altered to fit you."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːltə(r)/",
"audio": "al/alter/alter__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːltəz/",
"audio": "al/alter/alters__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːltəd/",
"audio": "al/alter/altered__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːltərɪŋ/",
"audio": "al/alter/altering__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːltər/",
"audio": "al/alter/alter__us_4.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːltərz/",
"audio": "al/alter/alters__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːltərd/",
"audio": "al/alter/altered__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːltərɪŋ/",
"audio": "al/alter/altering__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French alterer, from late Latin alterare, from Latin alter ‘other’."
}