Verb: modify 'mó-du,fI
- Make one or more partial changes to
"he modified his views on same-gender marriage"; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"
- Make different; cause a transformation
"The discussion has modified my thinking about the issue";
- change, alter
- (grammar) add a modifier to a constituent
"The writer modified the noun with an adjective to provide more detail";
- qualify
Derived forms: modifying, modifies, modified
Type of: add, cause, change, get, have, induce, make, stimulate
Encyclopedia: Modify