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From the verb modify: (⇒ conjugate)
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mod•i•fy /ˈmɑdəˌfaɪ/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object], -fied, -fy•ing. 
  1. to change somewhat the form or qualities of; amend:to modify a contract.
  2. Grammar(of a word, phrase, or clause) to describe, limit, or qualify (another word, phrase, or clause):In the phrase a good cook, the word good modifies the word cook.
mod•i•fi•ca•tion /ˌmɑdəfɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]to accept a contract without modification.[countable]The modifications were completed in a week.
mod•i•fi•er, n. [countable]When the word model is used as a modifier, it goes before the noun it modifies, as in a model home.See -mod-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mod•i•fy  (mod′ə fī′),USA pronunciation v., -fied, -fy•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. to change somewhat the form or qualities of;
    alter partially;
    amend:to modify a contract.
  2. Grammar(of a word, phrase, or clause) to stand in a syntactically subordinate relation to (another word, phrase, or clause), usually with descriptive, limiting, or particularizing meaning;
    be a modifier. In a good man, good modifies man.
  3. Grammarto be the modifier or attribute of.
  4. Linguisticsto change (a vowel) by umlaut.
  5. to reduce or lessen in degree or extent;
    moderate;
    soften:to modify one's demands.

v.i. 
  1. to be or become modified.
  • Latin modificāre to impose a rule or pattern, regulate, restrain. See mode1, -ify
  • Middle French modifier
  • Middle English modifien 1350–1400
mod′i•fi′a•ble, adj. 
mod′i•fi′a•bil′i•ty, mod′i•fi′a•ble•ness, n. 
    1. vary, adjust, shape, reform. 5. Modify, qualify, temper suggest altering an original statement, condition, or the like, so as to avoid anything excessive or extreme. To modify is to alter in one or more particulars, generally in the direction of leniency or moderation:to modify demands, rates.To qualify is to restrict or limit by exceptions or conditions:to qualify one's praise, hopes.To temper is to alter the quality of something, generally so as to diminish its force or harshness:to temper one's criticism with humor.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
modify /ˈmɒdɪˌfaɪ/ vb ( -fies, -fying, -fied) (mainly tr)
  1. to change the structure, character, intent, etc, of
  2. to make less extreme or uncompromising
  3. (of a word or group of words) to bear the relation of modifier to (another word or group of words)
  4. to change (a vowel) by umlaut
  5. (intransitive) to be or become modified
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French modifier, from Latin modificāre to limit, control, from modus measure + facere to makeˈmodiˌfiable adj ˌmodiˌfiaˈbility, ˈmodiˌfiableness n
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