modification

Academic Word List, sublist 5.

About 13.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being.
3. noun The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
4. noun The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
5. noun The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.

   behavior modification officer

6. noun A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissible to offspring.

   Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.

7. noun 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.

Similar words

alteration change qualifying adjustment limiting modify amended modified alter altering

Often followed by

of in and to is or by was for

Word family

modifications modified modifies modify modifying