modify
modi|fy /m'ɒdɪfaɪ/ (modifies modifying modified)
1 [VERB] V n, V-ed
If you modify something, you change it slightly, usually in order to improve it.
The club members did agree to modify their recruitment policy...
The plane was a modified version of the C-130.
● modification [N-VAR]
Relatively minor modifications were required.
2 [VERB] V n
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'.
1 [VERB] V n, V-ed
If you modify something, you change it slightly, usually in order to improve it.
The club members did agree to modify their recruitment policy...
The plane was a modified version of the C-130.
● modification [N-VAR]
Relatively minor modifications were required.
2 [VERB] V n
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'.