modification
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modification
- /ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ US
- /ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ UK
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
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.
noun modifications
- The act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc. Wherein his highnes commandement is, that a graue, wiſe, ⁊ ſage man, ſhalbe appointed pꝛeſident, who may haue yͤ ouerſight of theſe boũds, ⁊ be anſwerable therefoꝛe to the biſhop, his coũſell ⁊ ſynode, ⁊ he to be reſpected reaſonably foꝛ his paines, at the modification of ſtipends: […]
- The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being. Pleasure is the business of woman's life, according to the present modification of society […]
- The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
- The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
- The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. behavior modification officer
- A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring. Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.
- A change to a word when it is borrowed by another language. The Chinese word kòutóu had a modification made to become the English kowtow.
