Through genetic modification, we can improve crops.
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Modification
//ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "modification" (194 found)
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continuityconversiondefectiondegenerationdegenerative changedemarcationdentaldesynonymizationdeteriorationdeviationdifferencedifferencingdifferentiationdiphthongdiscontinuitydiscriminationdisequalizationdisjunctiondissimilationdistinction
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distinguishmentdivergencediversificationdiversiondiversitydivisionepenthetic vowelexceptionexemptionexplosiveextenuating circumstancesfittingflip flopflip-flopfluxglideglottalglottalizationgradationgradual changegrain of saltgrantgutturalhedgehedgingimprovementindividualizationindividuationlabiallabializationlabiodentallabiovelarlaryngeallaterallimitationlingualliquid
Noun(1 words)
Related words (97)
manner of articulationmeliorationmental reservationmetamorphosismitigationmodulationmonophthongmorphophonememovemutationmutenasalocclusiveoverthrowpalatalparasitic vowelparticularizationpeakpermutationpersonalization
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pharyngealpharyngealizationphonephonemeplosiveprothetic vowelqualificationradical changere creationre-creationrealignmentredesignreformreformationregulationremakingrenewalreservationreshapingrestrictionrestructuringretroflexreversalrevisionrevivalrevivificationrevolutionsalvosegmental phonemesegregationsemivowelseparationseveralizationseveranceshiftsonantsonorityspecial casespecial treatmentspecializationspecialnessspecificationspeech soundstopsudden changesurdswitchsyllabic nucleussyllabic peaksyllabletemperingtotal changetransformationtransitiontransition soundtransmogrificationtriphthongturnturnaboutupheavalvariantvariationvarietyvelarviolent changevocablevocalicvocoidvoicevoiced soundvoiceless soundvoicingvowelwaiverworsening
Noun(2 words)
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4 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
94 translations across 35 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- modifikim noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modifikim noun (alteration or adjustment)
Arabic
2 entries- تَعْدِيل noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- تَعْدِيل noun (alteration or adjustment)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- modifikasiya noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modifikasiya noun (alteration or adjustment)
Bashkir
2 entries- үҙгәреш noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- үҙгәреү noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изменение noun (alteration or adjustment)
- модификация noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- промяна noun (alteration or adjustment)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 修改 noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- 修改 noun (alteration or adjustment)
Czech
2 entries- úprava noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- úprava noun (alteration or adjustment)
Dutch
3 entries- modificatie noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modificatie noun (alteration or adjustment)
- modificatie noun (change to an organism)
Finnish
4 entries- muutos noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- muutos noun (alteration or adjustment)
- muutos noun (change to an organism)
- muutostyö noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
French
2 entries- modification noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modification noun (alteration or adjustment)
Galician
1 entries- modificación noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
German
4 entries- Abänderung noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- Abänderung noun (alteration or adjustment)
- Modifikation noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- Modifikation noun (alteration or adjustment)
Greek
2 entries- τροποποίησης noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- τροποποίησης noun (alteration or adjustment)
Haitian Creole
2 entries- modifikasyon noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modifikasyon noun (alteration or adjustment)
Indonesian
4 entries- koprekan noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modifikasi noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modifikasi noun (alteration or adjustment)
- oprekan noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
Italian
3 entries- modificazione noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modificazione noun (alteration or adjustment)
- modificazione noun (change to an organism)
Japanese
2 entries- 修正 noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- 修正 noun (alteration or adjustment)
Korean
2 entries- 수정 noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- 수정 noun (alteration or adjustment)
Latin
2 entries- modificatio noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modificatio noun (alteration or adjustment)
Malay
4 entries- modifikasi noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modifikasi noun (alteration or adjustment)
- pengubahsuaian noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- pengubahsuaian noun (alteration or adjustment)
Maltese
2 entries- modifikazzjoni noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modifikazzjoni noun (alteration or adjustment)
Māori
1 entries- whakarerekētanga noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- modifikasjon noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modifisering noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- modifikasjon noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modifisering noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
Portuguese
2 entries- modificação noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modificação noun (alteration or adjustment)
Romanian
4 entries- modificare noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modificare noun (alteration or adjustment)
- modificare noun (change to an organism)
- modificare noun (change to a word)
Russian
3 entries- модификации noun (alteration or adjustment)
- модификации noun (change to an organism)
- модификация noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
Slovene
2 entries- modifikácija noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modifikácija noun (alteration or adjustment)
Spanish
2 entries- modificación noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- modificación noun (alteration or adjustment)
Tagalog
4 entries- modipikasyon noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- pagmomodipika noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- pagpapabago noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- pagpapasadya noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
Tajik
1 entries- ислоҳ noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
Telugu
1 entries- సవరణ noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
Turkish
4 entries- değişiklik noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- değişiklik noun (alteration or adjustment)
- değiştirme noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- değiştirme noun (alteration or adjustment)
Ukrainian
4 entries- видозміна noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- видозміна noun (alteration or adjustment)
- модифікація noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- модифікація noun (alteration or adjustment)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sửa đổi noun (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified)
- sự sửa đổi noun (alteration or adjustment)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
In a general manner, one can say that the learning method suited for a particular student is not suited for another student, in such a way that the efficiency of the learning method relies mostly on the modification of the ranking of the students.
Source: tatoeba (1638016)
Open source is a philosophy that encourages openness, sharing, and modification.
Source: tatoeba (1685936)
So-called "foreign" words, i.e. those which the majority of languages have taken from one source, are used in Esperanto without modification, acquiring only Esperanto spelling; but when faced with a number of words derived from one root, it is better to leave only the fundamental word unmodified and from this create the derivatives according to the rules of Esperanto.
Source: tatoeba (2758920)
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