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US
/ˈmɑdəˌfaɪ/
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[ UK /mˈɒdɪfˌaɪ/ ]
[ UK /mˈɒdɪfˌaɪ/ ]
VERB
- add a modifier to a constituent
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cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city -
make less severe or harsh or extreme
please modify this letter to make it more polite
he modified his views on same-gender marriage
How To Use modify In A Sentence
- Also, we wanted to determine whether modest practice would modify performance of either group.
- It would also replace VAT with "eco-taxes" designed to modify people's consumption.
- A slight aspirate preceding and modifying the sibilant, which is, however, the stronger of the two consonants; _e.g. hsing_ = _hissing_ without the first _i_, Myths and Legends of China
- The relative clause: it is defined as a clausal modifier, restrictive or non-restrictive, used to modify a preceding construction, most often a preceding noun or noun phrase.
- But it's a prepositional phrase used adverbially, modifying ‘said’.
- The basic, elegant design is already complete; modifying it to improve service will be an afterthought. Total Customer Service (The Ultimate Weapon)
- The Convention contained a majority of former parliamentarians but old cavaliers in the 1661 Parliament tried to modify what had been done.
- This may include modifying the environment by moving objects such as electrical cords or furniture to reduce tripping and falling.
- This has been clearly determined, for instance, by Féré, in the course of a long and elaborate series of experiments dealing with the various influences that modify work as measured by Mosso's ergograph. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women
- The feedback will be used to modify the course for next year.
