MODIFICATION


Meaning of MODIFICATION in English

/ ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃn; NAmE ˌmɑːd-/ noun

[ U , C ] modification (of / to / in sth) the act or process of changing sth in order to improve it or make it more acceptable; a change that is made

SYN adaptation :

Considerable modification of the existing system is needed.

It might be necessary to make a few slight modifications to the design.

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WORD ORIGIN

late 15th cent. (in Scots law, denoting the assessment of a payment): from French , or from Latin modificatio(n-) , from modificare , from modus measure, from an Indo-European root shared by mete .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.