About The Word Modifier

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Modifier

Modifier Meaning & Definition
Modifier Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Modifier?

[n] a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
[n] a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
[n] a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu"
[n] a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising

Synonyms | Synonyms for Modifier: changer | modifier gene | qualifier

Related Terms | Find terms related to Modifier: agent | alterant | alterative | alterer | appositive | attribute | attributive | catalyst | catalytic agent | complement | construction modifier | cutting | deep structure | direct object | ferment | filler | form-function unit | function | IC analysis | immediate constituent analysis | indirect object | innovationist | innovator | introducer | leaven | levels | modificator | object | phrase structure | precursor | predicate | qualifier | ranks | shallow structure | slot | slot and filler | strata | structure | subject | surface structure | syntactic analysis | syntactic structure | syntactics | syntax | tagmeme | transformer | transmogrifier | underlying structure | word arrangement | word order | yeast

See Also | adjective | adulterator | adverb | content word | dangling modifier | factor | gene | human | individual | intensifier | intensive | misplaced modifier | moderator | mortal | normaliser | normalizer | open-class word | person | phrase | somebody | someone | soul | standardiser | standardizer

Modifier In Webster's Dictionary

\Mod"i*fi`er\, n. One who, or that which, modifies. --Hume.

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