Borrowed from Middle French modification, from Latin modificātiō (“a measuring”), from modificāre (“to limit, control, modify”); see modify.
modification (countable and uncountable, plural modifications)
- (obsolete, philosophy) The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being. [17th–19th c.]
- (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm) [from 17th c.]
- The result of modifying something; a new or changed form. [from 17th c.]
- The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]
behavior modification officer
- Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
- (biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring. [from 19th c.]
Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.
- (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".
act or result of modifying or condition of being modified
- Albanian: modifikim (sq) f
- Azerbaijani: modifikasiya
- Bashkir: үҙгәреү (üźgərew), үҙгәреш (üźgəreş)
- Bulgarian: модификация (bg) f (modifikacija)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 修改 (zh) (xiūgǎi)
- Czech: úprava (cs) f
- Dutch: modificatie (nl) f
- Finnish: muutostyö (act), muutos (fi) (result)
- French: modification (fr) f
- Galician: modificación (gl) f
- German: Änderung (de) f, Abänderung (de) f, Modifikation (de) f
- Greek: τροποποίησης (el) f (tropopoíisis)
- Haitian Creole: modifikasyon
- Indonesian: oprekan, koprekan, modifikasi (id)
- Italian: modificazione (it) f
- Japanese: 修正 (ja) (shūsei)
- Korean: 수정 (ko) (sujeong)
- Latin: modificatio f
- Malay: pengubahsuaian, modifikasi
- Maltese: modifikazzjoni f
- Maori: whakarerekētanga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: modifikasjon m, modifisering m or f
- Nynorsk: modifikasjon m, modifisering f
- Portuguese: modificação (pt) f
- Romanian: modificare (ro) f
- Russian: модификация (ru) f (modifikacija)
- Slovene: modifikácija f
- Spanish: modificación (es) f
- Tajik: ислоҳ (isloh)
- Telugu: సవరణ (te) (savaraṇa)
- Turkish: değişiklik (tr), değiştirme (tr)
- Ukrainian: видозміна f (vydozmina), модифікація f (modyfikacija)
- Vietnamese: sửa đổi (vi)
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the change undergone by a word when used in a construction
- “modification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “modification”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
From Latin modificātiōnem.
modification f (plural modifications)
- modification
- Synonyms: altération, transformation