We found 3 definitions of modifiers from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: modifiers |
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modifier - a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | ||
qualifier | ||
content word, open-class word a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned | ||
phrase dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence | ||
intensifier, intensive a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" | ||
adjective the word class that qualifies nouns | ||
adverb the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses | ||
modifier - a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene | ||
modifier gene | ||
modifier - a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising | ||
modifier - a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu" | ||
changer | ||
mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
adulterator a changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance | ||
normaliser, normalizer a person who normalizes |