noun
- The act of making something different (as e. G. The size of a garment.
- synonyms: alteration, adjustment
- Slightly modified copy; not an exact copy.
- usage: "a modification of last year's model"
- The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase.
- synonyms: qualifying, limiting
- An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.
- usage: "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
- synonyms: change, alteration
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