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modification
noun
1 modification
The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment).
synonyms: adjustment, alteration.
Roget 15:
difference;
variance,
variation,
variety;
diversity,
dissimilarity
etc.
18;
disagreement
etc.
24;
disparity
etc.
(inequality)
28;
distinction,
contradistinction;
alteration.
modification,
permutation,
moods and tenses.
nice distinction,
fine distinction,
delicate distinction,
subtle distinction;
shade of difference,
nuance;
discrimination
etc.
465;
differentia.
different thing,
something else,
apple off another tree,
another pair of shoes;
horse of a different color;
this that or the other.
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Roget 20a:
variation;
alteration
etc.
(change)
140.
modification,
moods and tenses;
discrepance†,
discrepancy.
divergency
etc.
291;
deviation
etc.
279;
aberration;
innovation.
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Roget 21:
copy,
facsimile,
counterpart,
effigies,
effigy,
form,
likeness.
image,
picture,
photo,
xerox,
similitude,
semblance,
ectype†,
photo offset,
electrotype;
imitation
etc.
19;
model,
representation,
adumbration,
study;
portrait
etc.
(representation)
554;
resemblance.
duplicate,
reproduction;
cast,
tracing;
reflex,
reflexion [Brit.],
reflection;
shadow,
echo.
transcript
[copy into a non-visual form],
transcription;
recording,
scan.
chip off the old block;
reprint,
new printing;
rechauffe [Fr.];
apograph†,
fair copy.
parody,
caricature,
burlesque,
travesty,
travestie†,
paraphrase.
[copy with some differences]
derivative,
derivation,
modification,
expansion,
extension,
revision;
second edition
etc.
(repetition)
104.
servile copy,
servile imitation;
plagiarism,
counterfeit,
fake
etc.
(deception)
545;
pasticcio†.
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Roget 469:
qualification,
limitation,
modification,
coloring.
allowance,
grains of allowance,
consideration,
extenuating circumstances;
mitigation.
condition,
proviso,
prerequisite,
contingency,
stipulation,
provision,
specification,
sine qua non [Lat.];
catch,
string,
strings attached;
exemption;
exception,
escape clause,
salvo,
saving clause;
discount
etc.
813;
restriction;
fine print.
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Dutch: modificatie, aanpassing, mutatie
Polish: modyfikacja
2 modification
Slightly modified copy; not an exact copy.
Dutch: modificatie
Polish: twarz, odmiana, wersja, wariant
3 modification
The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase.
synonyms: limiting, qualifying.
4 modification
An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another:
— The neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago.
synonyms: alteration, change.
Roget 140:
change,
alteration,
mutation,
permutation,
variation,
modification,
modulation,
inflexion,
mood,
qualification,
innovation,
metastasis,
deviation,
turn,
evolution,
revolution;
diversion;
break.
transformation,
transfiguration;
metamorphosis;
transmutation;
deoxidization [Chem];
transubstantiation;
[Genetics],
mutagenesis
transanimation†,
transmigration,
metempsychosis†;
avatar;
alterative.
conversion
etc.
(gradual change)
144;
revolution
etc.
(sudden or radical change)
146,
inversion
etc.
(reversal)
218;
displacement
etc.
185;
transference
etc.
270.
changeableness
etc.
149;
tergiversation
etc.
(change of mind)
607.
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Dutch: afwisseling, alternantie, alternatie, alternering, variatie, variëteit, verandering
Polish: odmiana, zmiana
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