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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb;
[syn: modifier, qualifier]

2. a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising;

3. a person who changes something;
- Example: "an inveterate changer of the menu"
[syn: changer, modifier]

4. a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene;
[syn: modifier, modifier gene]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Modifier \Mod"i*fi`er\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, modifies. --Hume.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Gram.) A word or phrase that modifies another word,
      phrase, or sentence, usually by limiting the scope or
      restricting the meaning of the sentence element modified.
      [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

modifier
    n 1: a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
         [syn: modifier, qualifier]
    2: a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
    3: a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the
       menu" [syn: changer, modifier]
    4: a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
       [syn: modifier, modifier gene]


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

modifier

    An operation that alters the state of an
   object.  Modifiers often have names that begin with "set"
   and corresponding selector functions whose names begin with
   "get".

   (1998-01-12)