modification

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noun

1. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
alteration, adjustment
• Derivationally related forms:
adjust (for: adjustment), modify, alter (for: alteration)
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
loosening, laxation, tightening, accommodation, adaptation, tune
2. slightly modified copy;
not an exact copy (Freq. 1)
- a modification of last year's model
• Derivationally related forms:
modify
• Hypernyms:
copy
3. 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
• Syn:
change, alteration
• Derivationally related forms:
modify, alter (for: alteration), change (for: change)
• Hypernyms:
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
• Hyponyms:
acceleration, 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,
damage, harm, impairment, development, revolution, genetic mutation,
chromosomal mutation, sex change, loss of consciousness
4. the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
• Syn:
qualifying, limiting
• Derivationally related forms:
qualify (for: qualifying), modify
• Hypernyms:
grammatical relation
• Hyponyms:
restrictiveness, apposition

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  change, alteration, qualifying, limiting, adjustment