alter

IPA(Pronunciation)

Verb

transitive intransitive

Japanese Meaning

形や構造を変更する / 異なるものになる / 服を体に合わせて仕立て直す

The tailor will alter the dress to fit her perfectly.

仕立て屋はそのドレスを彼女にぴったり合うように補正するでしょう。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To change the form or structure of.

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Sense（2）

(intransitive) To become different.

Sense（3）

(transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.

Sense（4）

(transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).

Sense（5）

(transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.

We don't know if he was altered on alcohol or drugs or anything […]

alters

（ present singular third-person ）

altering

（ participle present ）

altered

（ participle past ）

altered

（ past ）