modification

Borrowed from French modification, from Latin modificatio (“a measuring”), from modificare (“to limit, control, modify”); see modify.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Hyphenation: mod‧i‧fi‧ca‧tion

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

modification (countable and uncountable, plural modifications)

1. the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
2. an alteration or adjustment to something
   • Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
3. 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.
4. (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
   • The Chinese word "kòu tóu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow".
5. (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm)

• modify
• modifier

• modification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• modification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• domification

• IPA^(key): /mɔdifikasjɔ̃/

modification f (plural modifications)

1. modification

• altération
• transformation

• “modification” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).