modification

See also: modificâtion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French modification, from Latin modificātiō (“a measuring”), from modificāre (“to limit, control, modify”); see modify.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: mod‧i‧fi‧ca‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

modification (countable and uncountable, plural modifications)

1. (obsolete, philosophy) The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, 1st American edition, Boston, Mass.: […] Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, […], published 1792, →OCLC:

     Pleasure is the business of woman's life, according to the present modification of society […]

2. (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm) [from 17th c.]
3. The result of modifying something; a new or changed form. [from 17th c.]
4. The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]

   behavior modification officer

   Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.

5. (biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring. [from 19th c.]

   Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.

6. (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language

   The Chinese word "kòu tóu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow".

Derived terms

• body modification
• Charette modification
• Doebner modification
• Furukawa modification
• genetic modification
• posttranslational modification
• post-translational modification

 

Related terms

• modify
• modifier

Translations

act or result of modifying or condition of being modified

• Albanian: modifikim (sq) f
• Azerbaijani: modifikasiya
• Bashkir: үҙгәреү (üźgərew), үҙгәреш (üźgəreş)
• Bulgarian: модификация (bg) f (modifikacija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 修改 (zh) (xiūgǎi)

• Czech: úprava (cs) f
• Dutch: modificatie (nl) f
• Finnish: muutostyö (act), muutos (fi) (result)
• French: modification (fr) f
• Galician: modificación (gl) f
• German: Änderung (de) f, Abänderung (de) f, Modifikation (de) f
• Greek: τροποποίησης (el) f (tropopoíisis)
• Haitian Creole: modifikasyon
• Indonesian: oprekan, koprekan, modifikasi (id)
• Italian: modificazione (it) f
• Japanese: 修正 (ja) (shūsei)
• Korean: 수정 (ko) (sujeong)
• Latin: modificatio f
• Malay: pengubahsuaian, modifikasi
• Maltese: modifikazzjoni f
• Maori: whakarerekētanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: modifikasjon m, modifisering m or f

  Nynorsk: modifikasjon m, modifisering f

• Portuguese: modificação (pt) f
• Romanian: modificare (ro) f
• Russian: модификация (ru) f (modifikacija)
• Slovene: modifikácija f
• Spanish: modificación (es) f
• Tajik: ислоҳ (isloh)
• Telugu: సవరణ (te) (savaraṇa)
• Turkish: değişiklik (tr), değiştirme (tr)
• Ukrainian: видозміна f (vydozmina), модифікація f (modyfikacija)
• Vietnamese: sửa đổi (vi)

alteration or adjustment

• Albanian: modifikim (sq) f
• Azerbaijani: modifikasiya
• Bulgarian: промяна (bg) f (promjana), изменение (bg) n (izmenenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 修改 (zh) (xiūgǎi)

• Czech: úprava (cs) f
• Dutch: modificatie (nl) f
• Finnish: muutos (fi)
• French: modification (fr) f
• German: Änderung (de) f, Abänderung (de) f, Modifikation (de) f
• Greek: τροποποίησης (el) f (tropopoíisis)
• Haitian Creole: modifikasyon
• Indonesian: pengoprekan, ubah suai, modifikasi (id)
• Italian: modificazione (it) f
• Japanese: 修正 (ja) (shūsei)
• Korean: 수정 (ko) (sujeong)
• Latin: modificatio f
• Malay: pengubahsuaian, modifikasi
• Maltese: modifikazzjoni f
• Portuguese: modificação (pt) f
• Romanian: modificare (ro) f
• Russian: модификации (ru) f (modifikacii)
• Slovene: modifikácija f
• Spanish: modificación (es) f
• Turkish: değişiklik (tr), değiştirme (tr)
• Ukrainian: видозміна f (vydozmina), модифікація f (modyfikacija)
• Vietnamese: sự sửa đổi

change to an organism

• Dutch: modificatie (nl) f
• Finnish: muutos (fi)
• German: Modifikation (de) f
• Italian: modificazione (it) f
• Romanian: modificare (ro)
• Russian: модификации (ru) f (modifikacii)

change to a word

• Indonesian: pengubahan (id)
• Romanian: modificare (ro) f

the change undergone by a word when used in a construction

Further reading

• “modification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “modification”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• domification

French

Etymology

From Latin modificātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.di.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

modification f (plural modifications)

1. modification

   Synonyms: altération, transformation

Derived terms

• conflit de modification

 

Related terms

• modifiable
• modificateur
• modifier
• modifieur

Further reading

• “modification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.