Modification
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Origin
Borrowing from fr modification, from Latin modificatio ("a measuring"), from modificare ("to limit, control, modify"); see modify.
Full definition of modification
Noun
modification
(plural modifications)- the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
- an alteration or adjustment to something
- Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
- 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.
- (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".
- (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm)