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To change part of.transitive
- Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.
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To be or become modified.intransitive
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To set bounds to; to moderate.transitive
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To qualify the meaning of.transitive
- There is inherently no ordering to the modification and no hierarchy of modification: that is, both adjectives modify the substantive and both apply equally to the substantive[…]
- Adjectives modify nouns.
syn. adapt · alter · amend · revamp · rework