Definition of premodify in English:
premodify
verbpremodifying, premodifies, premodified priːˈmɒdɪfʌɪ
[with object]Grammar Modify the sense of (a noun or other word) by being placed before it.
Example sentencesExamples
- Modification Gradable adjectives are premodified by intensifying adverbs such as very, extremely, and completely: very young, extremely cold, completely unfriendly.
Derivatives
noun
Grammar A distinction is made between premodification (modifying by preceding) and post-modification (modifying by following) In diamond mines in South Africa, diamond is a premodifier and in South Africa is a post modifier.
noun
Grammar I can be quite precise about the description of that construction: an occupational term is used with no determiner as a premodifier of a proper name.