modify — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. To change part of.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.

2. To be or become modified.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

3. To set bounds to; to moderate.

   Uso

   • transitivo

4. To qualify the meaning of.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   There is inherently no ordering to the modification and no hierarchy of modification: that is, both adjectives modify the substantive and both apply equally to the substantive[…]

   Adjectives modify nouns.

Verbo

1. make less severe or harsh or extreme

   Termini più generali

   change

   Esempi

   please modify this letter to make it more polite

   he modified his views on same-gender marriage

2. add a modifier to a constituent

   Sinonimi

   qualify

   Termini più generali

   add

3. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

   Sinonimi

   changealter

   Termini più generali

   inducestimulatecausehavegetmake

   Esempi

   The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city

   The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue