modmod2 verb [transitive] informal 
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
For a relatively small outlay, you can start a home hairdressing business.
formal (=a small business, shop etc)· Mineo’s Pizza House is a modest but busy establishment just off the High Street.
(=an aim that is not too difficult to achieve)· Don’t try to lose a lot of weight quickly; set yourself a more modest goal.
(=small)· The figures reveal a modest increase in the birth rate.
For a relatively small outlay, you can start a home hairdressing business.· The business managed to produce a small profit last year.
(=not very great)· On the foreign exchanges the pound managed a modest recovery from Thursday’s slump.
(=not a very big amount of money)· She had paid a modest sum for the paintings.
(=not very high)· The Kyoto Protocol set fairly modest targets for reductions in greenhouse gases.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
to change something, especially software—modding noun [uncountable]- I have all mod cons and Mrs B. All I have to do is relax.
- Peugeot and Citroen countered that by providing diesel models decked out with all mod cons.
- The little Peugeot has all mod cons with power steering and an air bag.
- The property has many interesting features and all mod cons.