modification
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
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Sense 2 noun
slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
a modification of last year's model
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Sense 3 noun
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
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Sense 4 noun
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
the change was intended to increase sales
Types & categories
- happening
- acceleration
- deceleration
- avulsion
- break
- mutation
- sublimation
- surprise
- nativity
- breakup
- vagary
- variation
- conversion
- death
- decrease
- destabilization
- increase
- easing
- deformation
- transition
- transformation
- twinkle
- shimmer
- transmutation
- impairment
- development
- revolution
- genetic mutation
- sex change
- loss of consciousness
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | change |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | modify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjust |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | loosening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tightening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | accommodation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adaptation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tune |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | modify |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | copy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | modify |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | grammatical relation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | restrictiveness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | apposition |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | change |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | vary |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | change |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | modify |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | happening |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | acceleration |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | deceleration |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | avulsion |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mutation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sublimation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | surprise |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | nativity |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | breakup |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | vagary |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | variation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | conversion |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | death |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | destabilization |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | increase |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | easing |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | deformation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | transition |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | transformation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | twinkle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shimmer |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | transmutation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | impairment |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | development |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | revolution |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | genetic mutation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sex change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | loss of consciousness |