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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mod•i•fi•ca•tion (mod′ə fi kā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - an act or instance of modifying.
- the state of being modified;
partial alteration. - a modified form;
variety. - Biologya change in a living organism acquired from its own activity or environment and not transmitted to its descendants.
- limitation or qualification.
- Grammar
- the use of a modifier in a construction, or of modifiers in a class of constructions or in a language.
- the meaning of a modifier, esp. as it affects the meaning of the word or other form modified:Limitation is one kind of modification.
- a change in the phonological shape of a morpheme, word, or other form when it functions as an element in a construction, as the change of not to -n't in doesn't.
- an adjustment in the form of a word as it passes from one language to another.
- Latin modificātiōn- (stem of modificātiō), equivalent. to modificāt(us) (past participle of modificāre; see modify) + -iōn- -ion
- 1495–1505
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: modification /ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ n - the act of modifying or the condition of being modified
- something modified; the result of a modification
- a small change or adjustment
- the relation between a modifier and the word or phrase that it modifies
ˈmodifiˌcatory, ˈmodifiˌcative adj |