Modify
verbUK /ˈməʊd.ɪ.faɪ/ · US /ˈmoʊ.dɪˌfaɪ/
Etymology Blend of Modi + modify, after Narendra Modi, from Gujarati મોદી (modī).
modify
verbalso spelled ModifyUK /ˈmɒd.ɪ.faɪ/ · US /ˈmɑ.dɪˌfaɪ/
Etymology From Middle English modifien, from Middle French modifier, from Latin modificare (“to limit, control, regulate, deponent”), from modificari (“to measure off, set bound to, moderate”), from modus (“measure”) + facere (“to make”); see mode.
1
To change part of.
- Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.
2
To be or become modified.
3
To set bounds to; to moderate.
4
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences To qualify the meaning of.
- There is inherently no ordering to the modification and no hierarchy of modification: that is, both adjectives modify the substantive and both apply equally to the substantive[…]1977, Linda R. Waugh, A Semantic Analysis of Word Order: Position of the Adjective in French:
- Adjectives modify nouns.2016, Allen Ascher, The New Harbrace Guide: Genres for Composing:
- Derived terms
- automodify, biomodify, demodify, hydromodify, modifiability, modifier, overmodify, postmodify, premodify, remodify, submodify, undermodify
- Related terms
- modification