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mod·i·fy
(mŏd′ə-fī′)v. mod·i·fied, mod·i·fy·ing, mod·i·fies
v.tr.
1. To change in form or character; alter.
2. To make less extreme, severe, or strong: refused to modify her stand on the issue.
3. Grammar To qualify or limit the meaning of. For example, summer modifies day in the phrase a summer day.
4. Linguistics To change (a vowel) by umlaut.
v.intr.
To be or become modified; change.
[Middle English modifien, from Old French modifier, from Latin modificāre, to measure, limit : modus, measure; see med- in Indo-European roots + -ficāre, -fy.]
mod′i·fi′a·bil′i·ty n.
mod′i·fi′a·ble adj.
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(ˈmɒdɪˌfaɪ)vb (mainly tr) , -fies, -fying or -fied
1. to change the structure, character, intent, etc, of
2. to make less extreme or uncompromising: to modify a demand.
3. (Grammar) grammar (of a word or group of words) to bear the relation of modifier to (another word or group of words)
4. (Linguistics) linguistics to change (a vowel) by umlaut
5. (intr) to be or become modified
[C14: from Old French modifier, from Latin modificāre to limit, control, from modus measure + facere to make]
ˈmodiˌfiable adj
ˌmodiˌfiaˈbility, ˈmodiˌfiableness n
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mod•i•fy
(ˈmɒd əˌfaɪ)v. -fied, -fy•ing. v.t.
1. to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
2. (of a word, phrase, or clause) to stand in a syntactically subordinate relation to (another word, phrase, or clause), usu. with descriptive, limiting, or particularizing meaning; act as a modifier: In a good cook, good modifies cook.
3. to change (a vowel) by umlaut.
4. to reduce in degree or extent: to modify one's demands.
v.i. 5. to be or become modified.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French modifier < Latin modificāre to regulate, restrain. See mode1, -i-, -fy]
mod′i•fi`a•ble, adj.
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In artillery, an order by the person authorized to make modifications to a fire plan.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Past participle: modified
Gerund: modifying
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| Verb | 1. |  modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" optimise, optimize - modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost; "optimize a computer program" attemper - modify the temperature of; "attemper the air" syncopate - modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat update - modernize or bring up to date; "We updated the kitchen in the old house" update - bring to the latest state of technology cream - add cream to one's coffee, for example specialise, specialize - suit to a special purpose; "specialize one's research"; "this kind of beak has become specialized in certain Galapagos finches" buffer - add a buffer (a solution); "buffered saline solution for the eyes" inflect - change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language |
| 2. | modify - add a modifier to a constituent grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" | |
| 3. |  modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"awaken, wake up, waken, rouse, wake, arouse - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." cause to sleep - make fall asleep; "The soft music caused us to fall asleep" affect - act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" indispose - cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed" cry - bring into a particular state by crying; "The little boy cried himself to sleep" etiolate - make pale or sickly; "alcohol etiolates your skin" shade - vary slightly; "shade the meaning" animalise, animalize, brutalise, brutalize - make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him" convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" arterialise, arterialize - change venous blood into arterial blood make, get - give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" counterchange, interchange, transpose - cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size" vascularise, vascularize - make vascular; "the yolk sac is gradually vascularized" decrepitate - to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops; "decrepitate salts" suburbanise, suburbanize - make suburban in character; "highly suburbanized cities" revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn - change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" etiolate - bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight barbarise, barbarize - make crude or savage in behavior or speech; "his years in prison have barbarized the young man" alkalinise, alkalinize - make (a substance) alkaline; "The oxide is alkalized" mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize - make into a myth; "The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66" allegorise, allegorize - make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time" demythologise, demythologize - remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value" coarsen - make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals" affect, bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touch - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" alcoholise, alcoholize - make alcoholic, as by fermenting; "alcoholize prunes" suspend - cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles" sober - cause to become sober; "A sobering thought" reconstruct - cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" ease off, let up, ease up - reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down" assimilate - make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly" dissimilate - make dissimilar; cause to become less similar activate - make active or more active; "activate an old file" activate - make (substances) radioactive |
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Translations
يُخَفِّف، يُهَدِّئ ، يُعَدِّل ، يُغَيِّريُعَدِّلُ
pozměnitupravit
ændre
muutma
muokata
modificirati
módosít
breyta
変更する
수정하다
modifikacijamodifikuotipakeitimas
modificēt, pārveidot
modifica
modifikovať
ändra
เปลี่ยนแปลงแก้ไข
sửa đổi
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
modify
(ˈmodifai) verb to change the form or quality of, usually slightly. We had to modify the original design.
ˌmodifiˈcation (-fi-) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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→ يُعَدِّلُ upravit ændre modifizieren τροποποιώ modificar muokata modifier modificirati modificare 変更する 수정하다 wijzigen endre zmodyfikować modificar модифицировать ändra เปลี่ยนแปลงแก้ไข değişiklik yapmak sửa đổi 修改Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
modify
vt. modificar, cambiar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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vt (pret & pp -fied) modificarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.