Modifying

Synonyms for "modifying" (81 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Verb(2 words)
Adjective(2 words)
attributive databiasing factor

Strong matches (24)

Noun(20 words)
changeschangingchanging systemcivil historyclarifyingconfigurablecustomizecustomizingdescriberdescribingdescriptivedescriptive participledescriptordna editingeditingfunctionalizinggene editinggenetic engineeringgenetic modificationgovernment form

Related words (40)

Noun(21 words)
midterm biology exammodificationmodifiernormative jurisprudenceparticipial adjectivephysical chemistriesplanning education taskqualifierqualifier termqualifyingqualifying term phraserecipe modificationrefiningrestrictingrestrictiverevisingspecifyingsplintingtailortuning
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Adjective(4 words)
qualifying term clauseschool timetable adjustmentsubstantiating claimstransformational

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

14 entries
biotech processchangecharacteristicdescriptiondescriptive elementdescriptorgenetic changegrammar elementgrammatical termlinguistics featuremodifierprocesspropertytransformation

More specific

29 entries
CRISPR editingadaptingadjectival participleadjectiveadjective clauseadjective phraseadjustable settingadjustingadverbial phrasebase editingcalibrationconfigurable optiondata editingdescriptive termeditinggene editing

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Collocations

14 entries
data modifying stepgene modifying techniquemodifying actionmodifying clausemodifying datamodifying factormodifying factorsmodifying instructionsmodifying phrasemodifying planmodifying recipemodifying schedulemodifying textmodifying variables

Inflections

4 entries
modifiedmodifiesmore modifyingmost modifying

Derivations

7 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I dreamt this early morning about conlanging, specifically modifying Esperanto, so that I would replace the letter J with the letter Î, and I would add Japanese vocables. My cousin Eileen was in the dream, and she thought that I should not pursue the project.

Source: tatoeba (9473703)

Matthew enjoys modifying recipes to suit his own taste.

Source: tatoeba (11590339)

Nature may have developed that edible storage organ, called a tuber, by modifying genes known to be present in other members of the potato family.

Source: tatoeba (12026547)

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