alter, v.
(altered, altering, alters)
freq. cnt. 29
(altered, altering, alters)
freq. cnt. 29
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 83 freq. cnt.: 57 freq. cnt.: 26
alter change modify
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 83 freq. cnt.: 57 freq. cnt.: 26
alter change modify
sample sentences
"The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city""The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
They %s their earnings this year
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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awaken, wake up, arouse, wake, waken, rouse
cause to sleep
affect
refresh, freshen, refreshen
inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
indispose
cry
etiolate
shade
brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
convert
opalize, opalise
arterialize, arterialise
make, get
transpose, counterchange, interchange
vascularize, vascularise
decrepitate
suburbanize, suburbanise
revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
etiolate
barbarize, barbarise
alkalinize, alkalinise
mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
allegorize, allegorise
demythologize, demythologise
bring, land
coarsen
affect, touch, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch on
alchemize, alchemise
alcoholize, alcoholise
form, shape
round off, round down, round out, round
suspend
sober
reconstruct
increase
let up, ease up, ease off
assimilate
dissimilate
commute, convert, exchange
vitalize, vitalise
clear, unclutter
activate
activate
activate, aerate
activate
inactivate, deactivate
deaden, blunt
remodel, reconstruct, redo
edit, redact
edit out, cut, edit
tame, chasten, subdue
chasten, temper
improve, amend, better, ameliorate, meliorate
aggravate, exacerbate, worsen, exasperate
wet
dry, dry out
lubricate
strengthen, fortify, beef up
spike, lace, fortify
weaken
blunt
oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
unite, unify, merge
age
ripen, mature
antique, antiquate
antiquate
develop, make grow
soften
damage
ossify
acerbate
stabilize, stabilise
destabilize, destabilise
sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
desensitize, desensitise
accustom, habituate
disorder, disarray
discolor
color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
stain
hue
uglify
untune
adjust, set, correct
set
disqualify, unfit, indispose
domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
widen
dehydrogenate
hydrogenate
oxygenize, oxygenise
darken
brighten, lighten up, lighten
blur, blear
obscure, bedim, overcloud
blot out, obliterate, obscure, veil, hide
cook
slenderize, slenderise
crack
dissolve, dismiss
end, terminate
demist, defog
condense, concentrate, contract
cool, chill, cool down
heat, heat up
warm
boil
freeze
blister
shift, switch, change over
transpose
convert, change over
transform
transform
transform
transmute
transform, transmute, transubstantiate
ash
translate, transform
reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
convert
Islamize, Islamise
reverse, turn back, invert
invert
customize, customise
personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
sharpen
drop, flatten
disintegrate
magnetize, magnetise
demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
simplify
complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
refine
complicate, perplex
supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
concentrate, centralize, centralise
decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
socialize, socialise
prepare, set, ready, fix, set up, gear up
internationalize, internationalise
communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
Europeanize, Europeanise
Europeanize, Europeanise
bestialize, bestialise
Americanize, Americanise
Frenchify
civilize, civilise
nationalize, nationalise
denationalize, denationalise
naturalize, naturalise
denaturalize, denaturalise
naturalize, naturalise
denaturalize, denaturalise
even, even out
equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
stiffen
loosen, loose
tighten, fasten
transitivize, transitivise
detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
thicken, inspissate
full
diversify
decelerate, slow down
deaden
accelerate, speed, speed up
check, retard, delay
decrease, lessen, minify
liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
solvate
dissolve
validate
invalidate, void, vitiate
empty
fill, fill up, make full
saturate
clot, coagulate
louden
normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
morph
neutralize, neutralise
commercialize, commercialise, market
purify, purge, sanctify
mechanize, mechanise
automate, automatize, automatise
automatize, automatise
mechanize, mechanise
harmonize, harmonise, chord
polarize, polarise
glorify
contaminate
devalue
insulate
calcify
urbanize, urbanise
urbanize, urbanise
emulsify
demulsify
decarboxylate
nazify
fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
clarify
embrittle
mark
nick
disable, incapacitate, disenable
enable
de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
tender, tenderize, tenderise
charge
bubble
sweeten
iodinate
ionate
archaize, archaise
inform
officialize, officialise
occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
orientalize, orientalise
acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
achromatize, achromatise
parallel, collimate
camp
classicize, classicise
conventionalize, conventionalise
decimalize, decimalise
dizzy
poison, envenom
exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
introvert
laicize, laicise
politicize, politicise
radicalize
proof
romanticize, romanticise
rusticate
sauce
shallow, shoal
tense
steepen
scramble
unscramble
unsex
vitrify
pall
saponify
extend, expand
set aside, suspend
muddy
transform
elevate, lift, raise
harshen
dinge
demonize, demonise
devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
etherealize, etherialise
immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
animize, animise, animate
clear
dynamize, dynamise
dynamize, dynamise
rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
volatilize, volatilise
uniformize, uniformise
symmetrize, symmetrise
immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
denature
denature
denature
sanitize, sanitise
verbify
shift
sputter
draw
make
dope
prostrate
excite
excite, energize, energise
shake
outmode
spice, spice up
shorten
think
make
deflate
inflate
reflate
digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
gelatinize, gelatinise
recombine
feminize, feminise, effeminize, effeminise, womanize
masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
masculinize
disharmonize, dissonate
sexualize, sexualise
schematize, schematise
patent
constitutionalize, constitutionalise
rationalize, rationalise
plasticize, plasticise
rarefy
paganize, paganise
incandesce
deaminate, deaminize
angulate
circularize
sensitize, sensitise
sensitize, sensitise
depolarize, depolarise
intensify
isomerize, isomerise
legitimate
evaporate, vaporise
industrialize, industrialise
opacify
opsonize
militarize, militarise
nationalize, nationalise
recommend
sentimentalize, sentimentalise
solemnize, solemnise
territorialize, territorialise
transaminate
transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
unsanctify
vesiculate
visualize, visualise
variegate
ventilate
vivify
vulgarise, vulgarize
supple
professionalize, professionalise
smut
still
weaponize
eroticize, sex up
piggyback
port
lifehack
cloud
obscure, blur, confuse, obnubilate
tone down, moderate, tame
obfuscate
synchronize, synchronise
mince, soften, moderate
militarize, militarise
break down, crush
fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
disturb, touch
dull
dull, blunt
sharpen
coarsen
loosen
untie, undo, loosen
barb
string
straighten, straighten out
bring
mingle, unify, mix, commix, amalgamate
charge
put
clean, make clean
soil, dirty, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
lower, depress
deform
break, break up
alter
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
humanize, humanise
humble
alienate, estrange, disaffect
right
desensitize, desensitise
deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
develop
blur
blind
change intensity
change taste
substitute, replace, interchange, exchange
capture
contribute, add, lend, bring, impart, bestow
reestablish, restore, reinstate
liberalize, liberalise
correct, redress, right, compensate
democratize, democratise
neutralize
corrupt, deprave, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, misdirect
relax, loosen
unite, unify
flocculate
turn
cohere
cause
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 41 freq. cnt.: 26 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 2
alter change vary
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 41 freq. cnt.: 26 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 2
alter change vary
sample sentences
"her mood changes in accordance with the weather""The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
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Something ----sSomebody ----s
They %s the countryside
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Something ----sSomebody ----s
sample sentences
"This dress needs to be altered"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingThey %s the cape
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"Is your cat spayed?"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
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