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1. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

Synonym: alterationadjustment

2. slightly modified copy
not an exact copy

e.g. a modification of last year's model

3. an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

e.g. 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

Synonym: changealteration

4. the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

Synonym: qualifyinglimiting