premodify
/priːˈmɒdɪfʌɪ
/verb (premodifies, premodifying, premodified) [with object] Grammar
Modify the sense of (a noun or other word) by being placed before it.Modification Gradable adjectives are premodified by intensifying adverbs such as very, extremely, and completely: very young, extremely cold, completely unfriendly.
Derivatives
premodification
- 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.
premodifier
- 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.
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