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modification

Syllables: mod·i·fi·ca·tionUK/ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

modification noun: the act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc.

Noun

modification (countable and uncountable, plural modifications)

  1. (obsolete, Scots law) The act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc.
    • Wherein his highnes commandement is, that a graue, wiſe, ⁊ ſage man, ſhalbe appointed pꝛeſident, who may haue yͤ ouerſight of theſe boũds, ⁊ be anſwerable therefoꝛe to the biſhop, his coũſell ⁊ ſynode, ⁊ he to be reſpected reaſonably foꝛ his paines, at the modification of ſtipends: […]1585, Treason Pretended against the King of Scots, […], London: […] Thomas Nelson, […], →OCLC, page 19
    • Mekle Kindeass 2 b. 1 f. and £3 12s 1d . . . . and whatever augmentation . . be ye lords commissioners . . . . for modificaton of stipends and plantation of kirks . . . .1633, “No. 64, 1633.—Paper, well preserved, with Bishop’s and other signatures.”, in W[illiam] Macgill, compiler, Old Ross-shire and Scotland as Seen in the Tain and Balnagown Documents, Inverness...
  2. (obsolete) The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being.
    • Pleasure is the business of woman's life, according to the present modification of society […]1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC
  3. The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
  4. The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
  5. The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.
    • behavior modification officer
    • Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
  6. A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
    • Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.
  7. A change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
    • The Chinese word kòutóu had a modification made to become the English kowtow.

modification meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

modification in Tamil

சிறுதிருத்தம், சிறுமாற்றம், திருத்தம், மாற்றமைவு, மாற்றம், வேறுபடுத்துகை

modification in Marathi

modification or inflectional change in a wordform
विकार vikāra

modification in Urdu

اصلاح, تبدیلی, تغیر, ترمیم

modification in Bengali

অদলবদল, সামান্য পরিবর্তন, পরিবর্তিত আকার, পরিবর্তিত অবস্থা
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modification in Telugu
సవరణ savaraṇa
modification in Malayalam
മാറ്റം വരുത്തൽ, വ്യത്യാസം, രൂപാന്തരം
modification in Kannada
ಬದಲಾವಣೆ, ಮಾರ್ಪಾಡು, ಪರಿವರ್ತನ, ತಿದ್ದುಪಡಿ
modification in Odia
ସଂଶୋଧନ
modification in Sanskrit
विभक्ति vibhaktí
modification in Nepali
परिमार्जन
modification in Tagalog
pagpapasadya, pagsasaayos, pagpapabago, modipikasyon
modification in Arabic
تَعْدِيل taʕdīl
modification in Malay
pengubahsuaian, modifikasi
modification in Indonesian
oprekan, koprekan, modifikasi, pemodifikasian
modification in Vietnamese
sửa đổi, sự sửa đổi

Examples of modification in a sentence

  • Stock cars can't have all the modifications of other racing cars.
  • These latest modifications are mere window dressing; the same problems remain.
  • The restoration of this medieval church involved undoing all the Victorian modifications.

All 40 example sentences with modification

Forms of modification

pluralmodifications

Plural of modification: modifications

Origin of modification

From Middle English modificatioune, from Middle French modification and its etymon Latin modificātiō (“a measuring”), from modificāre (“to limit, control, modify”); see modify. By surface analysis, modify + -ication.

Words formed from modification

Phrases with modification

Words that rhyme with modification

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Questions about modification

What does modification mean?
Modification means the act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc.
What is modification in Tamil?
Modification in Tamil is சிறுதிருத்தம், சிறுமாற்றம், திருத்தம். See Modification meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is modification?
Modification is a noun.
How do you pronounce modification?
Modification is pronounced /ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (US).
What is the plural of modification?
The plural of modification is modifications.

Words near modification in the dictionary

  1. modificands
  2. modificate
  3. modificated
  4. modificates
  5. modificating
  6. modification
  7. modification enzyme
  8. modification enzymes
  9. modifications
  10. modificative
  11. modificatives

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: modification (page history and authors); modification (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); विकार (Marathi) (page history and authors); modification (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); modification (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); modification (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); modification (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); modification (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); विभक्ति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); modification (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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