Modification

Noun

 * 1) the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
 * 2) an alteration or adjustment to something
 * 3) * Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
 * 4) a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring
 * 5) * Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.
 * 6)  a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
 * 7) * The Chinese word "kòu tóu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow".
 * 8)  the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am =>  'm in I'm)

Related terms

 * modify
 * modifier

Adjectives for Modification
slow; serious; substantive; profound; tiny; prescribed.

Verbs for Modification
publish with—s; require—s; smooth into—; sober into—; undergo—; vary by—; —appeases; —deviates; —diverges; —hushes; —mollifies; —satisfies; —smothers; —softens; —subdues; —tempers; —tones down.

Thesaurus
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, re-creation, realignment, 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

Etymology
< modification: <  modificatio: < modificare:; see modify.

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Albanian: modifikim
 * Azeri: modifikasiya
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 修改
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: modificatie
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: τροποποίησης
 * Haitian Creole:


 * Indonesian: modifikasi
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: modificação
 * Romanian: modificarea
 * Russian: модификации
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Tajik: ислоҳ
 * Turkish:, değiştirme
 * Vietnamese: sửa đổi


 * Albanian: modifikim
 * Azeri: modifikasiya
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 修改
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: modificatie
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: τροποποίησης


 * Haitian Creole:
 * Indonesian: modifikasi
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: modificação
 * Romanian: modificarea
 * Russian: модификации
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:, değiştirme
 * Vietnamese: sự sửa đổi


 * Dutch: modificatie
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Russian: модификации

Noun

 * 1) modification