altered meaning and definition

ALTERED adjective

Definition of 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
   • antonym: unaltered
2. having testicles or ovaries removed
   • synonyms: neutered
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"
   • synonyms: adapted