modify
To change part of.
Example
“Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.”
Other meanings
To be or become modified.
To set bounds to; to moderate.
Synonyms
- adapt
- alter
- change
Related words
- automodify
- biomodify
- demodify
- hydromodify
- modifiability
- overmodify
- postmodify
- premodify
- remodify
- submodify
- undermodify
- modifier
Word history
From Latin "modificare" (to limit, control, regulate, deponent).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “modify” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.