modify
31modify — mod·i·fy || mÉ‘dɪfaɪ / mÉ’ v. change, adjust, adapt; limit, qualify (Grammar); reduce, moderate; become changed; be modified …
32modify — verb (modifies, modifying, modified) 1》 make partial changes to. ↘Biology transform (a structure) during development or evolution. ↘Phonetics pronounce (a speech sound) differently from the norm. 2》 Grammar qualify the sense of (a noun).… …
33modify — v. a. 1. Shape, alter, change, vary, give a new form to. 2. Moderate, qualify, soften, lower …
34modify — verb (T) 1 to make small changes to something in order to improve it and make it more suitable or effective: The present law needs to be modified. 2 technical if an adjective, adverb etc modifies another word it describes it or limits its meaning …
35modify — verb 1) their economic policy has been modified Syn: alter, change, adjust, adapt, amend, revise, reshape, refashion, restyle, revamp, rework, remodel, refine; informal tweak, doctor 2) he modified his more extreme views …
36modify — v 1. change slightly, vary, inflect; adjust, readjust, adapt; square up, even up, balance, trim; accommodate, Inf. make do, make fit; change, alter, reshape, remold, recast; reconstruct, revamp, remodel, make changes, innovate, make innovations,… …
37modify — mod·i·fy …
38modify — verb 1) their economic policy has been modified Syn: change, alter, adjust, adapt, amend, revise, refine; informal tweak 2) he modified his more extreme views Syn: moderate, temper, soften …
39modify — [ˈmɒdɪˌfaɪ] verb 1) [T] formal to change something slightly in order to improve it or in order to make it less extreme Syn: alter 2) [I/T] linguistics to slightly change the meaning of another word or a phrase by giving more information about it …
40modify — [c]/ˈmɒdəfaɪ / (say moduhfuy) verb (modified, modifying) –verb (t) 1. to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter somewhat. 2. Grammar (of a word or larger linguistic form) to stand in a subordinate relation to (another form called the… …
