modify

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Middle English modifien, from Middle French modifier, from Latin modificare (to limit, control, regulate, deponent), from modificari (to measure off, set bound to, moderate), from modus (measure) + facere (to make); see mode.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

modify (third-person singular simple present modifies, present participle modifying, simple past and past participle modified)

  1. (transitive) To change part of.
    Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.
  2. (intransitive) To be or become modified.
  3. (transitive) To set bounds to; to moderate.
  4. (grammar, transitive) To qualify the meaning of.
    • 1977, Linda R. Waugh, A Semantic Analysis of Word Order: Position of the Adjective in French[1]:
      There is inherently no ordering to the modification and no hierarchy of modification: that is, both adjectives modify the substantive and both apply equally to the substantive []
    • 2016, Allen Ascher, The New Harbrace Guide: Genres for Composing[2]:
      Adjectives modify nouns.

Conjugation

[edit]

Synonyms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

Translations

[edit]

References

[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]