verb (modifies, modifying, modified, modified) [VN]
1 to change sth slightly, especially in order to make it more suitable for a particular purpose
SYNADAPT:
The office software has been modified over the years. * Patients are taught how to modify their diet. * We found it cheaper to modify existing equipment rather than buy new. -< CHANGE
2 to make sth less extreme:
to modify your behaviour / language / views
3 (grammar) a word, such as an adjective or adverb, that modifies another word or group of words describes it or restricts its meaning in some way:
In 'walk slowly', the adverb 'slowly' modifies the verb 'walk'.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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