Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: altering
IPA transcription: ['ɔltɚɪŋ]
Pronunciations of altering
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: neutering, fixing, altering
    Meaning: the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"
Usage examples
  • 'Come, you look rather better now!' she said, after altering most of the pins.
  • I shouldn't like to have the altering of her." It was thus that men generally felt in regard to Florence Mountjoy.
  • In the mere matter of altering the perspective of life and changing the proportions of things, its function in lightening the care of man is altogether its own.
  • 'I meant it to be buried with me,' said Teddy, considering, 'but I don't mind altering my mind about it, and if you promise not to give it to any one else, I will let you have it.'
  • But exclusive of the uncertain testimonies of history, who does not perceive that everything seems to remove from savage man the temptation and the means of altering his condition?
  • Sally, or rather Sarah (for what young lady of common gentility will reach the age of sixteen without altering her name as far as she can?), must from situation be at this time the intimate friend and confidante of her sister.
  • The personal opinions of the editors have no kind of weight in the eyes of the public: the only use of a journal is, that it imparts the knowledge of certain facts, and it is only by altering or distorting those facts that a journalist can contribute to the support of his own views.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Siege, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Mental disorder, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording CSI effect, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Evolution, License CC BY-SA 4.0