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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb modify has 3 senses
- modify(v = verb.change) Array - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" is one way to change
- modify(v = verb.change) qualify - add a modifier to a constituent; Array is one way to add
- modify(v = verb.change) alter, change - 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" Derived forms adjective modifiable1, noun modification1
Derived forms adjective modifiable1, noun modification1, noun modification2, noun modification4, noun modifier3
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun modification3, noun modifier1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
modify, v. t. [F. modifier, L. modificare, modificari; modus limit + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Mode, and -fy.].
- To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to change a part of something while leaving most parts unchanged; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract. [1913 Webster]
- To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower. [1913 Webster]"Of his grace
He modifies his first severe decree." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
modify, v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 make less severe or extreme; tone down (modify one's demands).
2 make partial changes in; make different.
3 Gram. qualify or expand the sense of (a word etc.).
4 Phonet. change (a vowel) by umlaut.
5 Chem. change or replace all the substituent radicals of a polymer, thereby changing its physical properties such as solubility etc. (modified starch).
1 make less severe or extreme; tone down (modify one's demands).
2 make partial changes in; make different.
3 Gram. qualify or expand the sense of (a word etc.).
4 Phonet. change (a vowel) by umlaut.
5 Chem. change or replace all the substituent radicals of a polymer, thereby changing its physical properties such as solubility etc. (modified starch).
Derivative
modifiable adj. modificatory adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF modifier f. L modificare (as MODE)
THESAURUS
modify
abate, accommodate, adapt, adjust, adjust to, alter, ameliorate, amend, analyze, anatomize, assuage, atomize, better, box in, break up, change, chop logic, circumscribe, condition, convert, decrease, deform, denature, desynonymize, difference, differentiate, diminish, discriminate, disequalize, disjoin, distinguish, diversify, divide, fit, hedge, hedge about, improve, individualize, individuate, leaven, lessen, limit, lower, make a distinction, mark, mark off, mark out, meliorate, mitigate, moderate, modulate, mutate, narrow, overthrow, palliate, particularize, personalize, qualify, re-create, realign, rebuild, reconstruct, redesign, redo, reduce, refashion, refine a distinction, refit, reform, regulate by, remake, remodel, renew, reorganize, reorient, reshape, restrain, restrict, restructure, revamp, revise, revive, reword, rework, ring the changes, season, segregate, separate, set apart, set conditions, set limits, set off, sever, severalize, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, soften, specialize, split hairs, subvert, temper, tone down, transform, turn, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, vary, work a change, worsenROGET THESAURUS
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Difference
VB be different, differ, vary, ablude, mismatch, contrast, divaricate, differ toto coelo, differ longo intervallo, vary, modify, discriminate.Change
VB change, alter, vary, wax and wane, modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with, turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert, pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume, work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce, transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume, metamorphose, ring the changes, innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards, give a turn to, give a color to, influence, turn the scale, shift the scene, turn over a new leaf, recast, reverse, disturb, convert into.Qualification
VB qualify, limit, modify, leaven, give a color to, introduce new conditions, narrow, temper, waffle, quibble, hem and haw (be uncertain), equivocate (sophistry), depend, depend on, be contingent on (effect), allow for, make allowance for, admit exceptions, take into account, modulate, moderate, temper, season, leaven, take exception.
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