Modifying can be categorized as a verb.
Verb |
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| modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| modify - add a modifier to a constituent | ||
| modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
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| 1. | verb | I dreamt this early morning about conlanging, specifically modifying Esperanto, so that I would replace the letter J with the letter Î, and I would add Japanese vocables. My cousin Eileen was in the dream, and she thought that I should not pursue the project. | |
| 2. | verb | Please modify this letter to make it more polite. | |
| 3. | verb | I am told that our respective credit departments want to raise the credit lines to $10M for each party, but to effect that we will have to modify the existing Guaranties accordingly. | |
| 4. | verb | You'll have to modify the height of the table to make it fit. | |
| 5. | verb | We want to modify the regulations of our school. | |
| 6. | verb | I beg to modify your proposal. | |
| 7. | verb | We usually modify our views in college. | |
| 8. | verb | Based on my observation of the movement of particle D, I modify the system so that three possible exits exist. | |
| 9. | verb | Things that modify nouns (adjective, or adjectival equivalent). | |
| 10. | verb | Terraformers wanted to modify the Venusian atmosphere so that some day it might support life. | |
| 11. | verb | What do adjectives modify? | |
| 12. | verb | What do adverbs modify? | |
| 13. | verb | Algerians need to modify their behavior to preserve their environment. | |
| 14. | verb | You first need to be an admin to access or modify this file. | |
| 15. | verb | When you read my sentence and suggest that I modify just one word (for example, "cat" or "dog"), it makes me happy, because that means that the sentence is practically correct. |
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| I dreamt this early morning about conlanging, specifically modifying Esperanto, so that I would replace the letter J with the letter Î, and I would add Japanese vocables. My cousin Eileen was in the dream, and she thought that I should not pursue the project. | |
| Please modify this letter to make it more polite. |
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| I am told that our respective credit departments want to raise the credit lines to $10M for each party, but to effect that we will have to modify the existing Guaranties accordingly. |
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| You'll have to modify the height of the table to make it fit. | |
| We want to modify the regulations of our school. | |
| I beg to modify your proposal. | |
| We usually modify our views in college. | |
| Based on my observation of the movement of particle D, I modify the system so that three possible exits exist. | |
| Things that modify nouns (adjective, or adjectival equivalent). | |
| Terraformers wanted to modify the Venusian atmosphere so that some day it might support life. | |
| What do adjectives modify? | |
| What do adverbs modify? | |
| Algerians need to modify their behavior to preserve their environment. | |
| You first need to be an admin to access or modify this file. | |
| When you read my sentence and suggest that I modify just one word (for example, "cat" or "dog"), it makes me happy, because that means that the sentence is practically correct. | |