vverb.changemake less severe or harsh or extremeExamples:- please modify this letter to make it more polite
- he modified his views on same-gender marriage
Derivationally Related Form:modificationmodifiermodifiable
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:modifychange
Direct Hyponyms:attemperbuffercorruptcreamcushionhardenhop uphot upinflectoptimiseoptimizequalifysoftensoup upspecialisespecializespoilsyncopatetemperupdate
Full Troponyms:attemperbuffercompareconjugatecorruptcreamcushiondeclineinflectloadoptimizepluralizequalifysophisticatesoup upspecializesyncopatetemperupdatewater down
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Something ---s something | Something ---s somebody
vverb.changeadd a modifier to a constituentTopic:grammar
Synset:modify qualify
Derivationally Related Form:modificationmodifierqualifyingqualifier
Hypernyms:add
Inherited Hypernyms:modifyaddincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something with something
vverb.changecause to change; make different; cause a transformationSynset:alter change modify
Examples:- The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city
- The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Derivationally Related Form:modificationalterationmodifiablechangealterablechanger
Inherited Hypernyms:change
Direct Hyponyms:AmericaniseAmericanizeEuropeaniseEuropeanizeFrenchifyIslamiseIslamizeaccelerateaccustomacerbateacetylateacetyliseacetylizeachromatiseachromatizeactivateaddadjustadornaerateaffectageaggravatealchemisealchemizealcoholisealcoholizealienatealkalinisealkalinizeallegoriseallegorizealteramalgamateameliorateamendangulateanimaliseanimalizeanimateanimiseanimizeantiquateantiquearchaisearchaizearousearterialisearterializeashassimilateautomateautomatiseautomatizeawakenbarbbarbarisebarbarizebear onbear uponbeautifybedimbeef upbegrimebemirebestialisebestializebestowbetterblearblindblisterblot outbluntblurboilbolshevisebolshevizebreakbreak downbreak upbrightenbringbrutalisebrutalizebubblecalcifycampcapturecause to sleepcentralisecentralizechange intensitychange overchange tastechargechastencheckchillchordcircularizecivilisecivilizeclarifyclassiciseclassicizecleanclearclotcloudcoagulatecoarsencoherecollimatecollycolorcolor incolorisecolorizecolourcolour incolourisecolourizecommercialisecommercializecommixcommunisecommunizecommutecompensatecomplicateconcentratecondenseconfuseconstitutionaliseconstitutionalizecontaminatecontractcontributeconventionaliseconventionalizeconvertcookcoolcool 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Causes:change
Full Troponyms:abacinateabbreviateabortabridgeaccelerateacerbateacetylateachromatizeacid-washactivateaddictadhereadjustadvanceaffectafflictageagenizeaggregateairair-conditionair-slakeair outalchemizealcoholizealignalkalinizeallegorizeallowalteramericanizeammoniateammonifyangulateanimateanimizeantiquateantiqueantisepticizeappliquearchaizearterializeashassimilateattackattuneaugmentaurifyautoclaveautomatizeawakenaxazurebackbacterizebailbalanceballastbang upbarbbarbarizebarberbarkbarrage jambastardizebastebatebathebattenbayonetbeadbecomebedewbedizenbedragglebefuddlebejewelbeneficiatebenefitbenightbesotbespotbestializebetterbiasbilgebillowbitterbituminizeblack outblackmailblackwashblank outblanket jambleachbleedblemishblendblightblindblisterbloatblockblowblow-dryblow upbluntblurbobbog downboilboldfacebolsterbomb upbombardbondboostbootbowdlerizebracebracketbraidbrandbreakbreak downbreak inbreambreathebrewbrightenbrimbrinebringbring aroundbring 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Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | They --- their earnings this year (apply to: change)
adjadj.allchanged in form or characterExamples:- their modified stand made the issue more acceptable
- the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved
Antonyms:unmodified
Inherited Hypernyms:modified
Similar to:adapted altered qualified restricted
See also:qualified varied
adj satadj.allmediocreSynset:limited
Antonyms:unqualified
Inherited Hypernyms:limited
Similar to:qualified