modification
The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
Other meanings
The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.
“behavior modification officer”
Related words
- automodification
- biomodification
- demodification
- geomodification
- glycomodification
- hydromodification
- hypermodification
- hypomodification
- micromodification
- nanomodification
- overmodification
- phosphomodification
Word history
From Latin "modificātiō" (a measuring).
Where this comes from
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