modify

mod·i·fy  (md-f)

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.

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[Middle English modifien, from Old French modifier, from Latin modificre, to measure, limit : modus, measure; see med- in Indo-European roots + -ficre, -fy.]

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modi·fia·bili·ty n.

modi·fia·ble adj.

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modify

Verb

[-fies, -fying, -fied]

1. to change or alter slightly

2. to make less extreme or uncompromising

3. Grammar (of a word or phrase) to act as a modifier to another word or phrase [Latin modus measure + facere to make]

modification n

Thesaurus

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 hop up, soup up, hot up - make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars" cream - add cream to one's coffee, for example qualify, restrict - make more specific; "qualify these remarks" spoil, corrupt - alter from the original temper, harden - harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel" 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 cushion, buffer, soften - protect from impact; "cushion the blow"
	2.	modify - add a modifier to a constituent qualify 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" alter, change 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" refreshen, freshen, refresh - make fresh again fecundate, inseminate, fertilise, fertilize - introduce semen into (a female) 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" opalise, opalize - make opalescent 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" land, bring - bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail" 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?" alchemise, alchemize - alter (elements) by alchemy alcoholise, alcoholize - make alcoholic, as by fermenting; "alcoholize prunes" shape, form - give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" round down, round off, round out, round - express as a round number; "round off the amount" 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

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modify

verb 1. change, reform, vary, convert, transform, alter, adjust, adapt, revise, remodel, rework, tweak (informal) reorganize, recast, reshape, redo, refashion

verb 2. tone down, limit, reduce, lower, qualify, relax, ease, restrict, moderate, temper, soften, restrain, lessen, abate

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In artillery, an order by the person authorized to make modifications to a fire plan.

Translations

modify [ˈmɔdɪfaɪ] vt → modificar

modify [ˈmɔdɪfaɪ] vt → modifier

modify [ˈmɔdɪfaɪ] vt → (ver)ändern;

(policy etc) → modifizieren

modify [ˈmɔdɪfaɪ] vt → modificare

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modify

v modify [ˈmodifai]

to change the form or quality of, usually slightly We had to modify the original design.wysig, veranderيُخَفِّف، يُهَدِّئ ، يُعَدِّل ، يُغَيِّرпроменямpozměnit (se)ændreabändernτροποποιώmodificarmuutmaبهتر کردنmuuntaamodifierלְשַׁנוֹתसुधारना, संशोधन करनाpreinačitimódosítmengubahbreyta (lítillega)modificare修正する변경하다, 수정하다modifikuoti, pakeistimodificēt, pārveidotmengubah suaiwijzigenendre, gjøre (små) forandringer(z)modyfikowaćmodificara modificaмодифицироватьupraviť, modifikovaťspremenitiizmenitimodifieraเปลี่ยนแปลงdeğişiklik yapmak修改видозмінюватиترمیم کرناsửa đổi修改

n ˌmodifiˈcation [-fi-]

wysiging, veranderingتَخْفيف، تَعْديلпромянаúprava, sníženíændringdie Abänderungτροποποίηση, τροπολογίαmodificaciónteisendتعدیلmuuntelumodificationשִׁינוּיसुधारpreinakamódosításmodifikasismábreyting, lagfæringmodificazione, modifica修正변경, 수식modifikacija, (nedidelis) pakeitimasmodifikācijapengubahsuaianwijziging(små) forandringer, modifiseringmodyfikacjamodificaçãomodificareмодификацияmodifikáciaspremembaizmenamodifiering, modifikationการเปลี่ยนแปลงdeğişiklik, değiştirme修改видозміна; модифікаціяترمیمsự sửa đổi修改