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modification > 4 senses
NOUN1modification, alteration, adjustmentThe act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
2modificationSlightly modified copy
3modification, qualifying, limitingThe grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
4modification, change, alterationAn event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
modification > pronunciation
Soundsmaa.dahfahkey'shahn
RhymesAachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn...
modification > noun 1, act
MeaningThe act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment).
Synonymsalteration, adjustment
Broaderchange
Narrowerloosening, laxation; tightening; accommodation; adaptation; tune
Verbsmodify; modify
modification > noun 2, artifact
MeaningSlightly modified copy. Not an exact copy.
Examples"a modification of last year's model"
Broadercopy
Verbsmodify
modification > noun 3, relation
MeaningThe grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase.
Synonymsqualifying, limiting
Broadergrammatical relation
Narrowerrestrictiveness; apposition
Verbsmodify
modification > noun 4, event
MeaningAn event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.
Examples"the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
Synonymschange, alteration
Broaderhappening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
Narroweracceleration; deceleration, slowing, retardation; avulsion; break; mutation; sublimation; surprise; birth, nativity, nascency, nascence; separation, breakup, detachment; vagary; variation, fluctuation; conversion; death, decease, expiry; decrease, lessening, drop-off; destabilization; increase; easing, moderation, relief; deformation; transition; transformation, transmutation, shift; twinkle, scintillation, sparkling; shimmer, play; transmutation; damage, harm, impairment; development; revolution; mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation; sex change; loss of consciousness
Verbsmodify

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