different between altered vs alternatively

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???l.t?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l.t?d/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /??l.t?d/
• Hyphenation: al?tered

Verb

altered

1. simple past tense and past participle of alter

Noun

altered (plural altereds)

1. A kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.

Adjective

altered (not comparable)

1. Having been changed from an original form.
2. (of an animal, usually a pet) Neutered; having had testicles or uterus and ovaries removed to prevent procreation.

Translations

Anagrams

• Aldrete, alerted, redealt, related, treadle

English

Etymology

alternative +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l.?t??(?).n?.t?v.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l.?t?.n?.t?v.li/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?l.?t?.n?.t?v.li/

Adverb

alternatively (not comparable)

1. in an alternative way
   • 2001, Hans-Peter Martin, Is Globalization a Trap?, published in Keys to the 21st Century (edited by Jérôme Bindé) on page 350:

     Thus, we are creating a new class struggle between those who live within the social system and those who are marginalized or wish to live alternatively.

   • 2003, Torunn Kjølner and Janek Szatkowski, Dramaturgy in Building Multimedia Performances, published in Production methods: behind the scenes of virtual inhabited 3D worlds: Volume 1 (edited by Kim Halskov Madsen), on page 127:

     Devising obviously asks for what we understand as general creativity, like the ability to take an initiative, to invent, to think alternatively, to associate interestingly, to create metaphors and images.
2. (conjunctive) Used to link a pair of possibilities

Usage notes

• See alternate and alternately.

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