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Altered Definition & Meaning

altered
adjective
  1. 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
  2. having testicles or ovaries removed
  3. 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"

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What does altered mean?
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 having testicles or ovaries removed 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"
What part of speech is altered?
Altered is an adjective.
How many definitions does altered have?
Altered has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).

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