Engelsk substantiv: modification | |||
1. | modification (om handling) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | adjustment, alteration | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | change | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | accommodation, adaptation, laxation, loosening, tightening, tune | ||
2. | modification (om gjenstand) slightly modified copy; not an exact copy | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A modification of last year's model. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | copy | ||
3. | modification the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | limiting, qualifying | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | grammatical relation | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | apposition, restrictiveness | ||
4. | modification (om begivenhet) 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | alteration, change | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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 | ||