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alter
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???l.t?/, /??l.t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??l.t?/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /??l.t?/
- Rhymes: -??lt?(?)
- Homophone: altar
- Hyphenation: al?ter
Etymology 1
From Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterare (“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.
Verb
alter (third-person singular simple present alters, present participle altering, simple past and past participle altered)
- (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
- (intransitive) To become different.
- (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- (transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
- 2016 February 10, Sydney Pruitt and Claire Ricke (quoting Jeff Barrick), "Police: Man lying in street hit, killed by Capital Metro bus", KXAN:
- We don't know if he was altered on alcohol or drugs or anything […]
- 2016 February 10, Sydney Pruitt and Claire Ricke (quoting Jeff Barrick), "Police: Man lying in street hit, killed by Capital Metro bus", KXAN:
Alternative forms
- altre (obsolete)
Derived terms
Related terms
- alteration
- alternate
- alternative
Translations
Further reading
- alter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- alter in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Etymology 2
Probably from alter ego.
Noun
alter (plural alters)
- (especially in the plural) An identity or headmate of a person with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder).
- As this is a medicalized term, many people with DID may choose not to use this word in response to the stigma surrounding it. Others choose to use it as a way to "reclaim" the word.
References
- MPD/DID Glossary
- DID Research: Alters
Etymology 3
Noun
alter (plural alters)
- (proscribed) Alternative form of altar.
- 2002, Nicholas Smeed, Resurrections: Vignettes About Discovery, Relationships, Personal Empowerment, And Preternatural Experiences, Xlibris Corporation (?ISBN), page 26:
- As an alter boy he remembered that walking between the alter and the gates was prohibited for everyone except the priest.
- 2007, Jerry P. Martinez, Leche De Coyote, Xlibris Corporation (?ISBN), page 39:
- The hardest part of being an alter boy was learning Latin. The mass was conducted in Latin and we had to learn to pray in Latin.
- 2009, Todd Sprague, Survive, Todd Sprague (?ISBN), page 142:
- 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 […]
- 2011, Suzanne Dekeyzer James, The Stone Harp, Xlibris Corporation (?ISBN), page 146:
- 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.
- 2018, William Francis Jack, Alter Boy Rules, Lulu Press, Inc (?ISBN)
- 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.
- 2002, Nicholas Smeed, Resurrections: Vignettes About Discovery, Relationships, Personal Empowerment, And Preternatural Experiences, Xlibris Corporation (?ISBN), page 26:
Usage notes
Usually considered a misspelling.
Anagrams
- Alert, alert, altre, artel, later, ratel, taler, telar
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Late Latin altare (“altar”). Cognate with English altar and German Altar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ald??]
Noun
alter n (singular definite altret or alteret, plural indefinite altre)
- (religion) altar, a table or a platform for making sacrifices.
- (Christianity) altar, the ritual space of a Christian church.
Inflection
References
“alter” in Den Danske Ordbog
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??alt?/
Adjective
alter
- inflection of alt:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Indonesian
Etymology
From English alter, from Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterare (“to make other”), from Latin alter (“the other”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?alt??r]
- Hyphenation: al?tèr
Pronunciation influenced by Latin alter.
Verb
alter
- to alter, to tailor clothes to make them fit.
Further reading
- “alter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h?élteros (“the other of two”) (akin to English other). Akin to alius. Confer with ulter.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?al.ter/, [?ä??t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?al.ter/, [??l?t??r]
Adjective
alter (feminine altera, neuter alterum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal)
- the other, the second
- the one...the other (alter...alter)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er, pronominal).
Derived terms
- adulter
- altercor
- alter?
- alteruter
Related terms
Descendants
References
- alter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Lombard
Etymology
From altro.
Adjective
alter
- other
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
alter n (definite singular alteret / altret, indefinite plural alter / altere / altre, definite plural altera / altra / altrene)
- an altar
Etymology 2
Noun
alter m
- indefinite plural of alt
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- altar
Noun
alter n (definite singular alteret, indefinite plural alter, definite plural altera)
- an altar
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reduce
English
Etymology
From Middle English reducen, from Old French reducer, from Latin red?c? (“reduce”); from re- (“back”) + d?c? (“lead”). See duke, and compare with redoubt.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???dju?s/, /???d?u?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???du?s/
- Rhymes: -u?s
Verb
reduce (third-person singular simple present reduces, present participle reducing, simple past and past participle reduced)
- (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- (intransitive) To lose weight.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- 1815, Walter Scott, Guy Mannering
- My father, the eldest son of an ancient but reduced family, left me with little.
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Folly of Scoffing at Religion
- nothing so excellent but a man may falten upon something or other belonging to it whereby to reduce it .
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes
- Having reduced their foe to misery beneath their fears.
- Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced.
- 1815, Walter Scott, Guy Mannering
- (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
- 2011, Edward Behr and James MacGuire, The Art of Eating Cookbook: Essential Recipes from the First 25 Years.
- Serve the oxtails with mustard or a sauce made by reducing the soup, if any is left, to a slightly thick sauce.
- 2011, Edward Behr and James MacGuire, The Art of Eating Cookbook: Essential Recipes from the First 25 Years.
- (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form
- (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
- (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
- (transitive, Scotland, law) To annul by legal means.
- (transitive, obsolete) To translate (a book, document, etc.).
Synonyms
- (to bring down): cut, decrease, lower
- (cooking): inspissate; see also Thesaurus:thicken
Antonyms
- (to bring down): increase
Related terms
Translations
See also
- reducing agent
References
- reduce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin redux (“that returns”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?.du.t??e/
Adjective
reduce (plural reduci) (da)
- returning (from)
- Synonym: ritornato
Noun
reduce m or f (plural reduci)
- survivor
- Synonym: sopravvissuto
- veteran (of a conflict)
- Synonyms: veterano, ex combattente
Anagrams
- ducere
Latin
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /re?du?.ke/, [r??d?u?k?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re?du.t??e/, [r??d?u?t???]
Verb
red?ce
- second-person singular present active imperative of red?c?
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?re.du.ke/, [?r?d??k?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?re.du.t??e/, [?r??d?ut???]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?re.du.ke/, [?r?d??k?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?re.du.t??e/, [?r??d?ut???]
Adjective
r?duce
- ablative masculine singular of r??dux
- ablative feminine singular of r??dux
- ablative neuter singular of r??dux
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reducere, French réduire, based on duce. Compare the inherited doublet ar?duce.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?dut?e/, [re??d?ut?e?]
Verb
a reduce (third-person singular present reduce, past participle redus) 3rd conj.
- (transitive) to reduce, to lessen
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
- duce
See also
- ar?duce
Spanish
Verb
reduce
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of reducir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of reducir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of reducir.
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