modification
/ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Wherein his highnes commandement is, that a graue, wiſe, ⁊ ſage man, ſhalbe appointed pꝛeſident, who may haue yͤ ouerſight of theſe boũds, ⁊ be anſwerable therefoꝛe to the biſhop, his coũſell ⁊ ſynode, ⁊ he to be reſpected reaſonably foꝛ his paines, at the modification of ſtipends: […]"
- "Mekle Kindeass 2 b. 1 f. and £3 12s 1d . . . . and whatever augmentation . . be ye lords commissioners . . . . for modificaton of stipends and plantation of kirks . . . ."
- "When the decree of modification is pronounced, the Teind Court, at the same time, remits to the junior Lord Ordinary to prepare a scheme of locality; i. e. an allocation of the modified stipend on the several heritors or others liable therefor; […]"
- "Pleasure is the business of woman's life, according to the present modification of society […]"
- "behavior modification officer"
- "Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound."
Etymology
From Middle English modificatioune, from Middle French modification and its etymon Latin modificātiō (“a measuring”), from modificāre (“to limit, control, modify”); see modify. By surface analysis, modify + -ication.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: modificatioune, modification, modificātiō, *dʰeh₁-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- British English: /ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/