MODIFICATION
modification
Noun
- the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
- an alteration or adjustment to something
- a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring
- a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
- the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm)
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