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Modification

Modification Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Modification? [n] the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) [n] slightly modified copy; not an exact copy; "a modification of last year's model" [n] an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" [n] the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase Synonyms \| Synonyms for Modification: adjustment \| alteration \| alteration \| change \| limiting \| qualifying Related Terms \| Find terms related to Modification: about-face \| accommodation \| adaptation \| adjustment \| allophone \| allowance \| alteration \| alveolar \| amelioration \| analysis \| anatomization \| apico-alveolar \| apico-dental \| apostasy \| articulation \| aspiration \| assimilation \| atomization \| betterment \| bilabial \| break \| cacuminal \| cerebral \| cession \| change \| change of heart \| changeableness \| check \| circumscription \| concession \| consonant \| constructive change \| continuant \| continuity \| conversion \| defection \| degeneration \| degenerative change \| demarcation \| dental \| desynonymization \| deterioration \| deviation \| difference \| differencing \| differentiation \| diphthong \| discontinuity \| discrimination \| disequalization \| disjunction \| dissimilation \| distinction \| distinguishment \| divergence \| diversification \| diversion \| diversity \| division \| epenthetic vowel \| exception \| exemption \| explosive \| extenuating circumstances \| fitting \| flip-flop \| glide \| glottal \| glottalization \| gradual change \| grain of salt \| grant \| guttural \| hedge \| hedging \| improvement \| individualization \| individuation \| labial \| labialization \| labiodental \| labiovelar \| laryngeal \| lateral \| limitation \| lingual \| liquid \| manner of articulation \| melioration \| mental reservation \| metamorphosis \| mitigation \| modulation \| monophthong \| morphophoneme \| mutation \| mute \| nasal \| occlusive \| overthrow \| palatal \| parasitic vowel \| particularization \| peak \| personalization \| pharyngeal \| pharyngealization \| phone \| phoneme \| plosive \| prothetic vowel \| qualification \| radical change \| realignment \| re-creation \| redesign \| reform \| reformation \| remaking \| renewal \| reservation \| reshaping \| restriction \| restructuring \| retroflex \| reversal \| revival \| revivification \| revolution \| salvo \| segmental phoneme \| segregation \| semivowel \| separation \| severalization \| severance \| shift \| sonant \| sonority \| special case \| special treatment \| specialization \| specialness \| specification \| speech sound \| stop \| sudden change \| surd \| switch \| syllabic nucleus \| syllabic peak \| syllable \| tempering \| total change \| transformation \| transition \| transition sound \| transmogrification \| triphthong \| turn \| turnabout \| upheaval \| variation \| variety \| velar \| violent change \| vocable \| vocalic \| vocoid \| voice \| voiced sound \| voiceless sound \| voicing \| vowel \| waiver \| worsening See Also \| accommodation \| adaptation \| apposition \| birth \| breakup \| change \| chromosomal mutation \| conversion \| copy \| damage \| death \| decease \| decrease \| deformation \| destabilization \| detachment \| development \| drop-off \| easing \| fluctuation \| genetic mutation \| grammatical relation \| happening \| harm \| impairment \| increase \| laxation \| lessening \| loosening \| loss of consciousness \| moderation \| mutation \| nascence \| nascency \| nativity \| natural event \| occurrence \| play \| relief \| restrictiveness \| revolution \| scintillation \| separation \| shift \| shimmer \| sparkling \| sublimation \| surprise \| tightening \| transformation \| transition \| transmutation \| twinkle \| variation Modification In Webster's Dictionary \Mod`ifica"tion\, n. [L. modificatio a measuring: cf. F. modification. See {Modify}.] The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications of light. --Bentley.

Modification Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Modification?

[n] the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
[n] slightly modified copy; not an exact copy; "a modification of last year's model"
[n] an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
[n] the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

Modification In Webster's Dictionary

\Mod`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. modificatio a measuring:
cf. F. modification. See {Modify}.]
The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a
modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as,
the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various
modifications of light. --Bentley.

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