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2 : a contestant that does not win

alt abbreviation 1 alternate

2 altitude

Alta abbreviation Alberta

al·tar noun 1 : a structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense is burned

2 : a table used as a center of ritual or worship

altar boy noun : a boy who assists the celebrant at a church service

1alter verb al·tered; al·ter·ing 1 : to make or become different

2 : to remove the sex organs of

Synonyms

change, make over, modify, recast, redo, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary—more at CHANGE

2alter abbreviation alteration

al·ter·a·tion noun : the act, process, or result of altering

Synonyms

change, difference, modification, revise, revision, variation—more at CHANGE

al·ter·ca·tion noun : a noisy or angry dispute

Synonyms

argument, disagreement, dispute, fight, hassle, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, scrap, spat, squabble, wrangle—more at ARGUMENT

al·ter ego noun [ORIGIN: L, lit., second I]

: a second self; especially : a trusted friend

1alternate adjective 1 : arranged or succeeding by turns

2 : every other

3 : being an alternative

— al·ter·nate·ly adverb

2alternate verb -nat·ed; -nat·ing : to occur or cause to occur by turns

— al·ter·na·tion noun

3alternate noun : SUBSTITUTE

alternating current noun : an electric current that reverses its direction at regular intervals

1alternative adjective : offering a choice

2alternative noun : an opportunity for deciding between two or more courses or propositions

Synonyms

choice, discretion, option, pick, preference, way—more at CHOICE

alternative medicine noun : any of various systems of healing (as homeopathy) not typically practiced in conventional Western medicine

al·ter·na·tor noun : an electric generator for producing alternating current

al·though also al·tho conjunction : in spite of the fact that : even though

Synonyms

albeit, howbeit, though, when, while; also but, whereas

al·tim·e·ter noun : an instrument for measuring altitude

al·ti·tude noun 1 : angular distance above the horizon

2 : vertical distance : HEIGHT

3 : the perpendicular distance in a geometric figure from the vertex to the base, from the vertex of an angle to the side opposite, or from the base to a parallel side or face

Synonyms

elevation, height—more at HEIGHT

al·to noun, plural altos [ORIGIN: It, lit., high, fr. L altus]

: the lower female voice part in a 4-part chorus; also : a singer having this voice or part

1altogether adverb 1 : to the full or entire extent : WHOLLY

2 : in all

3 : on the whole

Synonyms

[1] completely, dead, entirely, fast, flat, full, fully, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, well, wholly—more at FULLY

[3] chiefly, generally, largely, mainly, mostly, overall, predominantly, primarily, principally; also considerably, greatly, significantly, substantially

2altogether noun : NUDE

al·tru·ism noun [ORIGIN: F altruisme, fr. autrui other people, fr. OF, oblique case form of autre other, fr. L alter]

: unselfish interest in the welfare of others

— al·tru·ist noun

— al·tru·is·ti·cal·ly adverb

al·tru·is·tic adjective : relating to or given to altruism

Synonyms

beneficent, benevolent, charitable, humanitarian, philanthropic—more at CHARITABLE

al·um noun : either of two colorless crystalline aluminum-containing compounds used esp. as an emetic or as an astringent and styptic

alu·mi·na noun : the oxide of aluminum occurring in nature as corundum and in bauxite

al·u·min·i·um noun, chiefly British

: ALUMINUM

alu·mi·nize verb -nized; -niz·ing : to treat with aluminum

alu·mi·num noun : a silver-white malleable ductile light metallic element that is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust

alum·na noun, plural -nae : a woman graduate or former student of a college or school

alum·nus noun, plural -ni [ORIGIN: L, foster son, pupil, fr. alere to nourish]

: a graduate or former