modification

modification

See also: modificâtion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French modification, from Latin modificātiō (“a measuring”), from modificāre (“to limit, control, modify”); see modify.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Hyphenation: mod‧i‧fi‧ca‧tion

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

modification (countable and uncountable, plural modifications)

1. (obsolete, philosophy) The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, 1st American edition, Boston, Mass.: […] Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, […], published 1792, OCLC 5625662194:

     Pleasure is the business of woman's life, according to the present modification of society […]

2. (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm) [from 17th c.]
3. The result of modifying something; a new or changed form. [from 17th c.]
4. The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]

   behavior modification officer

   • Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
5. (biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring. [from 19th c.]
   • Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.
6. (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".

Related terms

• modify
• modifier

Translations

act or result of modifying or condition of being modified

Albanian: modifikim (sq) f Azerbaijani: modifikasiya Bashkir: үҙгәреү (üðgärew), үҙгәреш (üðgäreş) Bulgarian: модификация (bg) f (modifikacija) Chinese: Mandarin: 修改 (zh) (xiūgǎi) Czech: úprava (cs) f Dutch: modificatie (nl) f Finnish: muutostyö (act), muutos (fi) (result) French: modification (fr) f Galician: modificación (gl) f German: Änderung (de) f, Abänderung (de) f, Modifikation (de) f Greek: τροποποίησης (el) f (tropopoíisis) Haitian Creole: modifikasyon Indonesian: modifikasi (id), pengubahsuaian Italian: modificazione (it) f Japanese: 修正 (ja) (shūsei) Korean: 수정 (ko) (sujeong) Latin: modificatio f Malay: pengubahsuaian, modifikasi Maltese: modifikazzjoni f Maori: whakarerekētanga Norwegian: Bokmål: modifikasjon m, modifisering m or f Nynorsk: modifikasjon m, modifisering f Portuguese: modificação (pt) f Romanian: modificare (ro) f Russian: модификация (ru) f (modifikacija) Slovene: modifikácija f Spanish: modificación (es) f Tajik: ислоҳ (isloh) Telugu: సవరణ (te) (savaraṇa) Turkish: değişiklik (tr), değiştirme (tr) Ukrainian: видозміна f (vydozmina), модифікація f (modyfikacija) Vietnamese: sửa đổi (vi)

alteration or adjustment

Albanian: modifikim (sq) f Azerbaijani: modifikasiya Bulgarian: промяна (bg) f (promjana), изменение (bg) n (izmenenie) Chinese: Mandarin: 修改 (zh) (xiūgǎi) Czech: úprava (cs) f Dutch: modificatie (nl) f Finnish: muutos (fi) French: modification (fr) f German: Änderung (de) f, Abänderung (de) f, Modifikation (de) f Greek: τροποποίησης (el) f (tropopoíisis) Haitian Creole: modifikasyon Indonesian: modifikasi (id) Italian: modificazione (it) f Japanese: 修正 (ja) (shūsei) Korean: 수정 (ko) (sujeong) Latin: modificatio f Malay: pengubahsuaian, modifikasi Maltese: modifikazzjoni f Portuguese: modificação (pt) f Romanian: modificare (ro) f Russian: модификации (ru) f (modifikacii) Slovene: modifikácija f Spanish: modificación (es) f Turkish: değişiklik (tr), değiştirme (tr) Ukrainian: видозміна f (vydozmina), модифікація f (modyfikacija) Vietnamese: sự sửa đổi

change to an organism

Dutch: modificatie (nl) f Finnish: muutos (fi) German: Modifikation (de) f Italian: modificazione (it) f Romanian: modificare (ro) Russian: модификации (ru) f (modifikacii)

change to a word

Romanian: modificare (ro) f

the change undergone by a word when used in a construction

Further reading

• modification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• modification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• domification

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French

Etymology

From Latin modificātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.di.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

modification f (plural modifications)

1. modification

   Synonyms: altération, transformation

Derived terms

• conflit de modification

 

Related terms

• modifiable
• modificateur
• modifier
• modifieur

Further reading

• “modification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.