Modify

//ˈmɒdɪfaɪ//

Synonyms for "modify" (144 found)

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Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

8 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

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derived

12 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

manner of

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related to

4 entries

Translations

82 translations across 45 languages.

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Aragonese

1 entries
  • modificar verb (to change part of)

Basque

1 entries
  • aldatu verb (to change part of)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • мадыфікава́ць verb (to change part of)

Breton

1 entries
  • kemmañ verb (to change part of)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • изменям verb (to change part of)
  • изменям се verb (to be or become modified)
  • променям verb (to change part of)
  • променям се verb (to be or become modified)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries
  • modificai verb (to change part of)

Catalan

1 entries
  • modificar verb (to change part of)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 修改 verb (to change part of)
  • 修飾 /修饰 verb ((grammar) to qualify another word or phrase)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • tüzetmek verb (to change part of)

Danish

1 entries
  • modificere verb (to change part of)

Dutch

2 entries
  • modificeren verb (to change part of)
  • veranderen verb (to change part of)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • aliigi verb (to change part of)
  • modifi verb (to change part of)

Estonian

1 entries
  • muutma verb (to change part of)

Finnish

4 entries
  • muokata verb (to change part of)
  • muokkautua verb (to be or become modified)
  • muunnella verb (to change part of)
  • määrittää verb ((grammar) to qualify another word or phrase)

French

2 entries
  • modifier verb (to change part of)
  • modifier verb ((grammar) to qualify another word or phrase)

Galician

1 entries
  • modificar verb (to change part of)

German

3 entries
  • abändern verb (to change part of)
  • modifizieren verb (to change part of)
  • ändern verb (to change part of)

Greek

3 entries
  • μετατρέπομαι verb (to be or become modified)
  • μετατρέπω verb (to change part of)
  • προσδιορίζω verb ((grammar) to qualify another word or phrase)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • módosul verb (to be or become modified)
  • módosít verb (to change part of)

Ido

1 entries
  • modifikar verb (to change part of)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • memodifikasi verb (to change part of)
  • mengoprek verb (to change part of)
  • terkoprek verb (to be or become modified)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • modificar verb (to change part of)

Italian

1 entries
  • modificare verb (to change part of)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 修飾する verb ((grammar) to qualify another word or phrase)

Korean

2 entries
  • 수식하다 verb ((grammar) to qualify another word or phrase)
  • 수정하다 verb (to change part of)

Ladin

1 entries
  • muder verb (to change part of)

Latin

1 entries
  • adaptō verb (to change part of)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • manova verb (to change part of)

Malay

2 entries
  • memodifikasi verb (to change part of)
  • mengubahshai verb (to change part of)

Māori

2 entries
  • whakakē verb (to change part of)
  • whakarerekē verb (to change part of)

Northern Sami

2 entries
  • earáhuhttit verb (to change part of)
  • rievdadit verb (to change part of)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • modifisere verb (to change part of)

Occitan

1 entries
  • modificar verb (to change part of)

Polish

2 entries
  • modyfikować verb (to change part of)
  • zmieniać verb (to change part of)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • modificar verb (to change part of)

Romanian

2 entries
  • a modifica verb (to be or become modified)
  • modifica verb (to change part of)

Russian

4 entries
  • изменя́ть verb (to change part of)
  • изменя́ться verb (to be or become modified)
  • модифици́ровать verb (to change part of)
  • модифици́роваться verb (to be or become modified)

Spanish

2 entries
  • modificar verb (to change part of)
  • modificar verb ((grammar) to qualify another word or phrase)

Swahili

1 entries
  • sahihisha verb (to change part of)

Swedish

1 entries
  • modifiera verb (to change part of)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • ipabago verb (to change part of)
  • ipasadya verb (to change part of)
  • isaayos verb (to change part of)
  • magmodipika verb (to change part of)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • བཟོ་བཅོས་རྒྱག verb (to change part of)
  • སྒྱུར་བཅོས་གཏོང verb (to change part of)

Turkish

3 entries
  • değişmek verb (to be or become modified)
  • değiştirmek verb (to change part of)
  • modifiye etmek verb (to change part of)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • модифікува́ти verb (to change part of)

Venetan

1 entries
  • canbiare verb (to change part of)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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You'll have to modify the height of the table to make it fit.

Source: tatoeba (241297)

We want to modify the regulations of our school.

Source: tatoeba (263017)

I beg to modify your proposal.

Source: tatoeba (265002)

We usually modify our views in college.

Source: tatoeba (318811)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.