modification
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(noun) a slightly modified copy; not an exact copy: "a modification of last year's model" |
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Related Words: copy |
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(noun) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase |
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Synonyms: limiting, qualifying |
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Related Words: apposition, grammatical relation, restrictiveness |
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(noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
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Synonyms: adjustment, alteration |
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Related Words: accommodation, adaptation, change, loosening, qualification, tightening |
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(noun) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another: "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse" |
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Synonyms: alteration, change |
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Related Words: birth, breakup, damage, death, decease, decrease, deformation, detachment, development, drop-off, easing, fluctuation, happening, harm, impairment, increase, lessening, loss of consciousness, moderation, nascence, nascency, nativity, natural event, occurrence, play, relief, revolution, scintillation, separation, shift, shimmer, sparkling, sublimation, surprise, transformation, transition, transmutation, twinkle, variation |
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