Dictionary

modification en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (General-American)
• /ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, obsolete, qualifier:Scots law, uncountable) The act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc.
   • When the decree of modification is pronounced, the Teind Court, at the same time, remits to the junior Lord Ordinary to prepare a scheme of locality; i. e. an allocation of the modified stipend on the several heritors or others liable therefor; […] 1838, William Bell, “Augmentation, Process of”, in A Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland, […], Edinburgh: John Anderson, […] Bell & Bradfute, […]; London: Saunders & Benning, →OCLC, page 75:
   • 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: Northern Counties Newspaper and Printing and Publishing Company, published 1909, →OCLC, pages 33–34:
   • 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:
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
4. (countable, uncountable) The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
5. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

glycomodification · geomodification · post-translational modification · undermodification · automodification · postmodification · Furukawa modification · biomodification · Doebner modification · Charette modification · demodification · phosphomodification · genetic modification · remodification · premodification · restomod · modification enzyme · hypermodification · overmodification · posttranslational modification · photomodification · micromodification · nanomodification · hydromodification · body modification · thiomodification · hypomodification

Relateds

modifier · modify

Translations (95)

fi muutos (change to an organism) · uk модифікація (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · ar تَعْدِيل (alteration or adjustment) · gl modificación (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · de Modifikation (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · cs úprava (alteration or adjustment) · ht modifikasyon (alteration or adjustment) · el τροποποίησης (alteration or adjustment) · cmn 修改 (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · de Modifikation (alteration or adjustment) · id ubah suai (alteration or adjustment) · es modificación (alteration or adjustment) · fi muutos (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · ro modificare (alteration or adjustment) · nl modificatie (change to an organism) · mi whakarerekētanga (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · el τροποποίησης (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · mt modifikazzjoni (alteration or adjustment) · uk видозміна (alteration or adjustment) · pt modificação (alteration or adjustment) · sl modifikácija (alteration or adjustment) · bg промяна (alteration or adjustment) · tl modipikasyon (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · id modifikasi (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · te సవరణ (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · tr değiştirme (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · tr değiştirme (alteration or adjustment) · vi sự sửa đổi (alteration or adjustment) · pt modificação (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · id modifikasi (alteration or adjustment) · tr değişiklik (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · tg ислоҳ (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · ru модификации (alteration or adjustment) · ro modificare (change to a word) · ht modifikasyon (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · nl modificatie (alteration or adjustment) · cmn 修改 (alteration or adjustment) · tl pagmomodipika (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · ms pengubahsuaian (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · sl modifikácija (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · ms pengubahsuaian (alteration or adjustment) · fi muutos (alteration or adjustment) · mt modifikazzjoni (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · de Abänderung (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · ru модификации (change to an organism) · nl modificatie (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · sq modifikim (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · es modificación (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · ba үҙгәреш (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · fr modification (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · nn modifisering (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · la modificatio (alteration or adjustment) · id pengubahan (change to a word) · vi sửa đổi (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · tl pagpapabago (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · it modificazione (change to an organism) · ms modifikasi (alteration or adjustment) · cs úprava (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · id pengoprekan (alteration or adjustment) · tl pagpapasadya (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · de Änderung (alteration or adjustment) · fr modification (alteration or adjustment) · ba үҙгәреү (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · az modifikasiya (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · ar تَعْدِيل (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · nn modifikasjon (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · it modificazione (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · uk видозміна (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · la modificatio (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · ja 修正 (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · de Änderung (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · ja 修正 (alteration or adjustment) · ro modificare (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · nb modifikasjon (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · bg изменение (alteration or adjustment) · uk модифікація (alteration or adjustment) · az modifikasiya (alteration or adjustment) · tl pagsasaayos (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · bg модификация (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · ko 수정 (alteration or adjustment) · ru модификация (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · ms modifikasi (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · id oprekan (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · tr değişiklik (alteration or adjustment) · fi muutostyö (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · ro modificare (change to an organism) · nb modifisering (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · id koprekan (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · sk modifikácia (alteration or adjustment) · it modificazione (alteration or adjustment) · id pemodifikasian (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · ko 수정 (act or result of modifying or condition of being modified) · sq modifikim (alteration or adjustment) · de Modifikation (change to an organism) · de Abänderung (alteration or adjustment)