Meaning of Modification | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
3. The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
   countable, uncountable
4. The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
   countable, uncountable
5. The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.
   countable, uncountable
6. A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
   countable, uncountable
7. A change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Wherein his highnes commandement is, that a graue, wiſe, ⁊ ſage man, ſhalbe appointed pꝛeſident, who may haue yͤ ouerſight of theſe boũds, ⁊ be anſwerable therefoꝛe to the biſhop, his coũſell ⁊ ſynode, ⁊ he to be reſpected reaſonably foꝛ his paines, at the modification of ſtipends: […]”

“Mekle Kindeass 2 b. 1 f. and £3 12s 1d . . . . and whatever augmentation . . be ye lords commissioners . . . . for modificaton of stipends and plantation of kirks . . . .”

“When the decree of modification is pronounced, the Teind Court, at the same time, remits to the junior Lord Ordinary to prepare a scheme of locality; i. e. an allocation of the modified stipend on the several heritors or others liable therefor; […]”

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

“behavior modification officer”

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

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

“The Chinese word kòutóu had a modification made to become the English kowtow.”

CEFR level