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modification

mo·di·fi·cation

UK/ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ US/ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

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2.

slightly modified copy; not an exact copy

  • “a modification of last year”
3.

the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

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4.

an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

  • “the change was intended to increase sales”
  • “this storm is certainly a change for the worse”
  • “the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago”
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Origin

From Middle English modificatioune, from Middle French modification and its etymon Latin modificātiō (“a measuring”), from modificāre (“to limit, control, modify”); see modify. By surface analysis, modify + -ication.

Phrases

  • body modification
  • Charette modification
  • Doebner modification
  • Furukawa modification
  • genetic modification
  • modification enzyme
  • post-translational modification
  • posttranslational modification

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