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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "preserve"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "leave alone"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "leave be"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "let alone"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "let be"
}
],
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"word": "alterability"
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"word": "alterably"
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{
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"word": "alterative"
},
{
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"word": "alter-ego"
},
{
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"word": "alterer"
},
{
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"word": "alter-globalist"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "alter-globalization"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "alteringly"
},
{
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"word": "alter or change"
},
{
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"word": "mind-altering"
},
{
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"word": "misalter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "prealter"
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{
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"word": "realter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "unalter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "unaltering"
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂el- (other)"
},
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"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "alterer"
},
"expansion": "Old French alterer",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "altérer"
},
"expansion": "French altérer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "alterō",
"alt": "alterāre",
"t": "to make other"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin alterāre (“to make other”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "la",
"3": "alter",
"4": "",
"5": "the other"
},
"expansion": "Latin alter (“the other”)",
"name": "der"
},
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"2": "al-"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "la",
"2": "alius",
"3": "",
"4": "other"
},
"expansion": "alius (“other”)",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "alienus",
"3": "",
"4": "of another"
},
"expansion": "alienus (“of another”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "la",
"2": "-ter"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterāre (“to make other”), from Latin alter (“the other”), from al- (seen in alius (“other”), alienus (“of another”), etc.; see alias, alien, etc.) + compar. suffix -ter.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "alters",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "altering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "altered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "altered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
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"expansion": "alter (third-person singular simple present alters, present participle altering, simple past and past participle altered)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"al‧ter"
],
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"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "diversify"
},
{
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"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "homogenize"
},
{
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"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "mix"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "improve"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "repair"
},
{
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"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "worsen"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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"word": "alterant"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "alteration"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "alternate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "alternative"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To change the form or structure of."
],
"id": "en-alter-en-verb-0pPNvmWK",
"links": [
[
"change",
"change"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To change the form or structure of."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḡayyara",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "غَيَّرَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "alteriar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "alterar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zmjanjácʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "змяня́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zmjanícʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "змяні́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izménjam",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изме́ням"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izmenjá",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "изменя́"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "proménjam",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "проме́ням"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "promenjá",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "променя́"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "alterar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "改變"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gǎibiàn",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "改变"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "轉變"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuǎnbiàn",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "转变"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "měnit"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "změnit"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "proměňovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "proměnit"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "aliigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "ŝanĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "aliformi"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "aliformigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "muuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "changer"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "altérer"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "modifier"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "alterar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "abändern"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "ändern"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "שינה"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shiná",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "שִׁנָּה"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "módosít"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "alterar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"alt": "かえる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaeru",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "変える"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"alt": "へんこうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "henkō suru",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "変更する"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"alt": "なおす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "naosu",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "直す"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "byeon'gyeonghada",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "변경하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bakkuda",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "바꾸다"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gaejohada",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "개조하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dallajida",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "달라지다"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "byeon'gyeongdoeda",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "변경되다"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gochida",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "고치다"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geosehada",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "거세하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "promenuva",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "променува"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "promeni",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "промени"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "panoni"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "whakarerekē"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "whakaumu"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "bôdôḷaiba",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "ବଦଳାଇବା"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zmieniać"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zmienić"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przerabiać"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przerobić"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "alterar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "mudar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "modificar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izmenjátʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изменя́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izmenítʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "измени́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "menjátʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "меня́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pomenjátʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поменя́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "peredélyvatʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "переде́лывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "peredélatʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "переде́лать"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "mùth"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "изме́нити"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "измије́нити"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "промењи́вати"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "промјењи́вати"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "проме́нити"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "промије́нити"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "izmeniti"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "izmijéniti"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "promenjívati"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "promjenjívati"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "proméniti"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "promijéniti"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "meniť"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zmeniť"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "spremeniti"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "alterar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "cambiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 2",
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"word": "innovate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "metamorphose"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "modify"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "revamp"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "rework"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "transform"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "transmogrify"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "transume"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "variate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:alter",
"word": "vary"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḡayyara",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "غَيَّرَ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "alteriar"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "alterar"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zmjanjácʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "змяня́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zmjanícʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "змяні́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izménjam",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изме́ням"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izmenjá",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "изменя́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "proménjam",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "проме́ням"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "promenjá",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "променя́"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "alterar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "改變"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gǎibiàn",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "改变"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "轉變"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuǎnbiàn",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "转变"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "měnit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "změnit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "proměňovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "proměnit"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "aliigi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "ŝanĝi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "aliformi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "aliformigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "muuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "changer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "altérer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "modifier"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "alterar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "abändern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "ändern"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "שינה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shiná",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "שִׁנָּה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "módosít"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "alterar"
},
{
"alt": "かえる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaeru",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "変える"
},
{
"alt": "へんこうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "henkō suru",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "変更する"
},
{
"alt": "なおす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "naosu",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "直す"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "byeon'gyeonghada",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "변경하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bakkuda",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "바꾸다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gaejohada",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "개조하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dallajida",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "달라지다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "byeon'gyeongdoeda",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "변경되다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gochida",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "고치다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geosehada",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "거세하다"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "promenuva",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "променува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "promeni",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "промени"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "panoni"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "whakarerekē"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "whakaumu"
},
{
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "bôdôḷaiba",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "ବଦଳାଇବା"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zmieniać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zmienić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przerabiać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przerobić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "alterar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "mudar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "modificar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izmenjátʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изменя́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izmenítʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "измени́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "menjátʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "меня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pomenjátʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поменя́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "peredélyvatʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "переде́лывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "peredélatʹ",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "переде́лать"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "mùth"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "изме́нити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "измије́нити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "промењи́вати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "промјењи́вати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "проме́нити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "промије́нити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "izmeniti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "izmijéniti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "promenjívati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "promjenjívati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "proméniti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "promijéniti"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "meniť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zmeniť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "spremeniti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "alterar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "cambiar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "modificar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "modifiera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "förändra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "ändra"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "brje sgyur gtong",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "བརྗེ་སྒྱུར་གཏོང"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "bzo bcos gtong",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "བཟོ་བཅོས་གཏོང"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "bzo bcos",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"word": "བཟོ་བཅོས"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zmínjuvaty",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "змі́нювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "minjáty",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "міня́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zminýty",
"sense": "to change the form or structure of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зміни́ти"
}
],
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"ref": "2007, Jerry P. Martinez, Leche De Coyote, Xlibris Corporation, page 39",
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"ref": "2009, Todd Sprague, Survive, Todd Sprague, page 142",
"text": "On the alter, several candles sat unlit. An open bible rested among the candles. Behind the alter, hanging high, a huge cross was affixed to the wall, with a replica of Jesus in rags nailed to it. A simple wooden door stood closed behind the alter […]",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2011, Suzanne Dekeyzer James, The Stone Harp, Xlibris Corporation, page 146",
"text": "Truth motioned to Alexandra, “There; the key is kept on the alter.” She spotted it easily, for it was now well lighted by an amber colored presence light. She and the others moved quickly toward the alter.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2018, William Francis Jack, Alter Boy Rules, Lulu Press, Inc",
"text": "Third-rate alter boy. Skinny, lousy face, brown hair with a cowlick as big as Sputtnik. So as not to go on about it, I can put it in one word: Butt-ugly.",
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/En-us-altar.ogg/En-us-altar.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/En-us-altar.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "alter"
}
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