Collocations for alter - verb

completely, considerably (esp. BrE), dramatically, drastically, fundamentally, greatly, profoundly, radically, significantly, substantially
He had not altered greatly in the last ten years.

slightly
forever, irreversibly, irrevocably, permanently

not alter the fact that
Unemployment has come down slightly but this does not alter the fact that it is still a major problem.

Alter is used with these nouns as the subject:
expression

Alter is used with these nouns as the object:
angle, appearance, balance, behaviour, composition, consciousness, course, destiny, environment, fate, form, landscape, level, meaning, nature, pattern, perception, practice, property, reality, schedule, setting, shape, stance, structure, style, understanding, view, will, wording