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      modification
      noun
      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.
      (linguistics) The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
      (biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
      (linguistics) A change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
      (obsolete, Scots law) The act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc.
      (obsolete, philosophy) The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being.
      Roots
      modusmod- · Latin · measure, mannerfacio-fic · Latin · make, do
      Synonyms for modification
      alterationnadjustmentnchangenvariationnameliorationntransmogrificationntransformationnconversionnadaptationnmeliorationn
      Words related to modification
      remodificationnovermodifyvremodifyvmodifyvalteringnalterantadjmodifiableadjrevisionnalteredadjtweakingvaltersvdisseminuletweaksnreadjustmentnunmodifiableadjrestrictivenessnrearrangementnemendationnrevisalnrevisedadjreprogrammingreconfigurationnmakeovernrevisionaryadjenhancementnretouchingvadaptionnmodsnemendedadjamendv

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