modification — Słownik języka angielskiego

Rzeczownik

1. The act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc.

   Użycie

   • policzalne
   • wyszłe z użycia
   • niepoliczalne

   Przykłady

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   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; […]

2. The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being.

   Użycie

   • policzalne
   • wyszłe z użycia
   • niepoliczalne

   Przykłady

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

3. The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.

   Użycie

   • policzalne
   • niepoliczalne

4. The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.

   Użycie

   • policzalne
   • niepoliczalne

5. The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.

   Użycie

   • policzalne
   • niepoliczalne

   Przykłady

   behavior modification officer

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

6. A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.

   Użycie

   • policzalne
   • niepoliczalne

   Przykłady

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

7. A change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.

   Użycie

   • policzalne
   • niepoliczalne

   Przykłady

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

Rzeczownik

1. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

   Synonimy

   alterationadjustment

   Terminy szersze

   change

2. slightly modified copy; not an exact copy

   Terminy szersze

   copy

   Przykłady

   a modification of last year's model

3. the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

   Synonimy

   qualifyinglimiting

   Terminy szersze

   grammatical relation

4. an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

   Synonimy

   changealteration

   Terminy szersze

   happeningoccurrenceoccurrentnatural event

   Przykłady

   the change was intended to increase sales

   this storm is certainly a change for the worse

   Więcej przykładów (1)

   the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago