Word Type

Noun

The word "modification" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Charette modification Doebner modification Furukawa modification automodification biomodification body modification demodification genetic modification geomodification glycomodification hydromodification hypermodification hypomodification micromodification modification enzyme nanomodification overmodification phosphomodification photomodification post-translational modification postmodification posttranslational modification premodification remodification thiomodification undermodification

Derived From

modify

Etymologically Related To

modify

Context

linguistics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

change copy grammatical relation happening natural event occurrence occurrent

Type Of (IsA)

copy grammatical relation physical transformation semiconductor wafer processing

Related Terms

modifier modify

Related Terms

adjustment alteration borrowed change construction environment language modified modifier modify modifying offspring organism result transmissable word

Synonym Network

alteration change

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