1. The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
   "A slight modification to the recipe improved the flavour";
   - alteration, adjustment
    
2. An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
   "the neighbourhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago";
   - change, alteration
    
3. Slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
   "a modification of last year's model"
    
4. The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
   "In 'extremely hot weather', 'extremely' is a modification of 'hot'"

Derived forms: modifications

Type of: change, copy, grammatical relation, happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent

Encyclopedia: Modification