Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with alter in American Collocation
alter
verb
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈɔltər/
a lot
completely
considerably
dramatically
drastically
extensively
fundamentally
greatly
profoundly
radically
significantly
substantially
The outside of the church was also radically altered.
a little
slightly
subtly
The design was altered slightly from that of the original.
permanently
forever
irrevocably
permanently
They arrived just in time to record the landscapes and cultures that would soon be irrevocably altered.
in a particular way
chemically
genetically
materially
surgically
You chemically alter the molecules of vegetable oils so that a less viscous product is made, biodiesel.