modification

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
  2. noun slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
  3. noun the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

Etymology

From Middle English modificatioune, from Middle French modification and its etymon Latin modificātiō (“a measuring”), from modificāre (“to limit, control, modify”); see modify. By surface analysis, modify + -ication.

In classic literature

Synonyms

alteration, adjustment

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