modification.
The act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc.
Meaning & usage
The act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc.
The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being.
The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
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.
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
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.
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