Modifier

//ˈmɒdɪfaɪə// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
One who, or that which, modifies.
2
a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene wordnet
3
A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)
4
a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb wordnet
5
A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.
"The protected modifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code."

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6
a person who changes something wordnet
7
Ellipsis of modifier key. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
8
a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising wordnet

Synonyms

qualifier qualifier agent alterant alterative alterer

Example

"A "modifier" has, just as it sounds, the role of embellishing sentences."

Etymology

From modify + -er.

Related phrases

access modifier compound modifier dangling modifier modifier key small ubiquitin-related modifier squinting modifier

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