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How to pronounce modification in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms adjustment, alteration
Type of change
Has types loosening, laxation, tightening, adaptation, accommodation, tune
Derivation modify
Type Words
Synonyms alteration, change
Type of occurrent, happening, occurrence, natural event
Has types breakup, chromosomal mutation, conversion, separation, avulsion, birth, break, slowing, sparkling, sublimation, surprise, transformation, transition, transmutation, twinkle, vagary, variation, damage, death, decease, deceleration, decrease, deformation, destabilization, detachment, development, drop-off, easing, expiry, fluctuation, genetic mutation, harm, impairment, increase, lessening, loss of consciousness, moderation, mutation, nascence, nascency, nativity, play, relief, retardation, revolution, scintillation, acceleration, sex change, shift, shimmer
Derivation modify


the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago.
Type Words
Synonyms limiting, qualifying
Type of grammatical relation
Has types apposition, restrictiveness
Derivation modify
Type Words
Type of copy
Derivation modify


a modification of last year's model.

Examples of modification

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Servicers are not reimbursed for the labor-intensive costs of loan modification.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Feuer's AB 1033 would allow, but not require, modification of content standards.
From the sacbee.com
If foreclosure makes more financial sense, the servicer can deny a modification.
From the sacbee.com
Two mass-market loan modification programs are aimed at preventing foreclosures.
From the latimes.com
If they decide a homeowner can afford a mortgage, a modification will be denied.
From the usatoday.com
He has the right to petition the trial court for a modification of its sentence.
From the philly.com
If you're doing a loan modification, ask if the terms will continue to be valid.
From the sacbee.com
Even if another modification is approved, Scott doubts they'll stay in the home.
From the timesunion.com
Here again, a gradual modification of life-style can make a dramatic difference.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
  • Slightly modified copy; not an exact copy; "a modification of last year's model"
  • The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
  • Change: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
  • (modified) changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved"
  • (modified) limited: mediocre
  • (Modifications (genetics)) In opposition to mutations, modifications are included in the band width of the genome of an individual creature. Modifications are dependent on the plentifulness of the substrate, light, warmths, stress, training, and so on.
  • (Modified (album)) Modified is the second full-length album by Save Ferris. It was released on October 19, 1999.
  • The act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified; an alteration or adjustment to something; a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring; a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language; the change undergone by a word ...