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  1. MODIFIED definition: 1. having been changed slightly, usually to improve something or make it more acceptable: 2. a…. Learn more.

  2. uk/ˈmɒdɪfaɪ/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. to slightly change something such as a plan, method, or law, usually to improve it or make it more acceptable: All files are marked with the date and time they were last modified. We modified some of the wording in the second version.

  3. MODIFIED meaning: 1. having been changed slightly, usually to improve something or make it more acceptable: 2. a…. Learn more.

  4. We can help you modify an existing home or build a new one. He modified the recipe by using oil instead of butter. She has modified her views on the matter. The design was modified to add another window.

  5. Synonyms for MODIFIED: defined, restricted, limited, specific, qualified, detailed, circumscribed, confined; Antonyms of MODIFIED: undefined, infinite, unlimited, indefinite, endless, unbounded, dimensionless, unmeasured

  6. If something is modified, it has been changed. Only modified trucks participate in Monster Truck Rallies — ones that have had their regular tires replaced with monster tires.

  7. to change the structure, character, intent, etc, of. to make less extreme or uncompromising. to modify a demand. grammar (of a word or group of words) to bear the relation of modifier to (another word or group of words) linguistics to change (a vowel) by umlaut. intr to be or become modified.

  8. A word or group of words that modifies another word describes or classifies something, or restricts the meaning of the word. [technical] It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify: we say 'a good cry', not 'a cry good'. [VERB noun]

  9. To modify is to change or transform, but only slightly. If you miss your free-throws half the time, your coach will probably try to improve your shooting average by modifying your technique. Modify may mean to alter something, but it's not a total makeover.

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