Modified Modify Software Version Verb ˈmɒdɪfaɪ ˈmɑːdɪfaɪ Patients

• patients are taught how to modify their diet.
• we found it cheaper to modify existing equipment rather than buy new.
• the software we use has been modified for us.
• the law has been significantly modified since that ruling.

modify

Verb Forms

1. to change something slightly, especially in order to make it more suitable for a particular purpose
• SYNONYM adapt
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• Patients are taught how to modify their diet.
• We found it cheaper to modify existing equipment rather than buy new.
• The software we use has been modified for us.
• The law has been significantly modified since that ruling.
• heavily/highly modified
• A modified version of my article was published in the newspaper.
• Permissions are arranged so that you can't delete or modify files.

Extra Examples

• Check for the most recently modified version of a file.
• Stories and characters had to be modified to fit a 21st-century audience.
• The original text has been modified so radically that it is barely recognizable.
• These ideas are still used today, though in a slightly modified form.
• We can modify the service for local conditions.
• You may need to modify your plans a little.
• using a highly modified version of the program
• The office software has been modified over the years.
2. to make something less extreme
• SYNONYM adjust
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/adjust
• She refused to modify her behaviour.
• He listened to the arguments and modified his view of the party.
• The social worker at first aimed to get Mrs R to modify her behaviour, without success.
3. a word, such as an adjective or adverb, that modifies another word or group of words describes it or limits its meaning in some way
• In ‘walk slowly’, the adverb ‘slowly’ modifies the verb ‘walk’.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French modifier, from Latin modificare, from modus ‘measure’, from an Indo-European root shared by mete.