Engelsk navneord: modification | |||
1. | modification (om handling) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | adjustment, alteration | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | change | ||
Mere specifikke termer | accommodation, adaptation, laxation, loosening, tightening, tune | ||
2. | modification (om genstand) slightly modified copy; not an exact copy | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A modification of last year's model. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | copy | ||
3. | modification the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | limiting, qualifying | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | grammatical relation | ||
Mere specifikke termer | apposition, restrictiveness | ||
4. | modification (om begivenhed) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | alteration, change | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
Mere specifikke termer | acceleration, avulsion, birth, break, breakup, chromosomal mutation, conversion, 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, mutation, nascence, nascency, nativity, play, relief, retardation, revolution, scintillation, separation, sex change, shift, shimmer, slowing, sparkling, sublimation, surprise, transformation, transition, transmutation, transmutation, twinkle, vagary, variation | ||