modify
VerbUS[mod-uh-fahy]/ˈmɑdəˌfaɪ/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (3)modified, modifying
- make less severe or harsh or extreme“please modify this letter to make it more polite”“he modified his views on same-gender marriage”More general changeMore specific buffer, update, qualify, cushion, specialize, corrupt, inflect, temper, attemper, cream +3 more
- add a modifier to a constituentSynonyms: qualifyMore general add
- 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”Synonyms: changealterMore general induce, stimulateMore specific make, kill, put, better, open, fill, increase, move, lend, bring +371 moreCauses change
Word of the day · Nov 15About this word
aberrationnoun
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
Translations
Verb to change part of
- Spanish
- modificar
- French
- modifier
- German
- modifizieren
- Italian
- modificare
- Portuguese
- modificar
- Turkish
- değiştirmek
- Russian
- модифици́ровать modificírovatʹ
- Chinese
- 修改 xiūgǎi
- Dutch
- modificeren
- Polish
- modyfikować
14 more languages
- Swedish
- modifiera
- Indonesian
- memodifikasi
- Hungarian
- módosít
- Portuguese (PT)
- modificar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 修改 xiūgǎi
- Breton
- kemmañ
- Catalan
- modificar
- Czech
- modifikovat
- Danish
- modificere
- Esperanto
- modifi
- Estonian
- muutma
- Finnish
- muokata
- Norwegian
- modifisere
- Romanian
- modifica
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Mod′i·fy transitive verb [past tense & past participle Modified; present participle & verbal noun Modifying.]
Origin: F. modifier, L. modificare, modificari; modus limit + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Mode, and -fy.
1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to change a part of something while leaving most parts unchanged; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.
2. To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower.
Of his grace He modifies his first severe decree.— John Dryden
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54