Definition of modification - WordReference.com Dictionary

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modification
A	noun
	1	alteration, modification, adjustment
			the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚alteration, modification, adjustment ╚tune ╚adaptation ╚accommodation ╚tightening ╚loosening; laxation
	2	modification
			slightly modified copy; not an exact copy; "a modification of last year's model"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚creation ╚representation ╚copy ╚modification
	3	change, alteration, modification
			an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚change, alteration, modification ╚variation; fluctuation ╚vagary ╚separation; breakup; detachment ╚birth; nativity; nascency; nascence ╚surprise ╚sublimation ╚mutation ╚avulsion
	4	modification, qualifying, limiting
			the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚linguistic relation ╚grammatical relation ╚modification, qualifying, limiting ╚apposition ╚restrictiveness