Modify

English

Etymology

< Middle English modifien < French modifier < Latin modificare (“‘to limit, control, regulate, deponent’”) < modificari (“‘to measure off, set bound to, moderate’”) < modus (“‘measure’”) + facere (“‘to make’”); see mode.

Pronunciation

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Verb

Infinitive to Modify

Third person singular modif

Simple past ed

Past participle -

Present participle i

to Modify (third-person singular simple present modif, present participle i, simple past and past participle ed)

1. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
2. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

Synonyms

• adapt, alter, amend, revamp, rework

Related terms

• modification
• modifier

Translations

to make partial changes to

Catalan: modificar ca(ca) Crimean Tatar: tüzetmek Estonian: muutma et(et) Finnish: muokata, muunnella; (grammar) määrittää

German: ändern de(de), abändern de(de), modifizieren de(de) Greek: μετατρέπω el(el) (metatrepo), προσδιορίζω el(el) (prosdiorizo) Polish: modyfikować Romanian: modifica ro(ro)

to be or become modified

Greek: μετατρέπομαι (metatrepome)

References

• Modify in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Modify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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