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Modification

//ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Wherein his highnes commandement is, that a graue, wiſe, ⁊ ſage man, ſhalbe appointed pꝛeſident, who may haue yͤ ouerſight of theſe boũds, ⁊ be anſwerable therefoꝛe to the biſhop, his coũſell ⁊ ſynode, ⁊ he to be reſpected reaſonably foꝛ his paines, at the modification of ſtipends: […]"

  2. 2
    the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) wordnet
  3. 3
    The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Pleasure is the business of woman's life, according to the present modification of society […]"

  4. 4
    slightly modified copy; not an exact copy wordnet
  5. 5
    The change undergone by a word when used in a construction. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another wordnet
  2. 7
    The result of modifying something; a new or changed form. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase wordnet
  4. 9
    The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. countable, uncountable

    "behavior modification officer"

  5. 10
    A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring. countable, uncountable

    "Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan."

  6. 11
    A change to a word when it is borrowed by another language. countable, uncountable

    "The Chinese word kòutóu had a modification made to become the English kowtow."

Etymology

From Middle English modificatioune, from Middle French modification and its etymon Latin modificātiō (“a measuring”), from modificāre (“to limit, control, modify”); see modify. By surface analysis, modify + -ication.

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