noun
Meaning 1
One who, or that which, modifies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
modifier
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒdɪfaɪə/
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General-American: /ˈmɑdɪfaɪɚ/
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CMU ARPABET: M AA1 D AH0 F AY2 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: qualifier
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adjunct
noun
Meaning 3
A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
Examples
- The protected modifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Ellipsis of modifier key.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: modifier gene
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gene, cistron, factor
noun
Meaning 6
a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: qualifier
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: content word, open-class word
Narrower terms: intensifier, intensive, adjective, adverb, dangling modifier, misplaced modifier
noun
Meaning 7
a person who changes something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an inveterate changer of the menu
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: changer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: adulterator, normalizer, normaliser, standardizer, standardiser
noun
Meaning 8
a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: moderator
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English modify Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English modifier From modify + -er.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: модифика́тор (modifikátor) — one who modifies
- Catalan: modificador — one who modifies
- Finnish: muunnin — one who modifies
- Finnish: modifikaattori — one who modifies
- French: modificateur — one who modifies
- French: modificateuse — one who modifies
- Galician: modificador — one who modifies
- German: Modifikator — one who modifies
- German: Modifikatorin — one who modifies
- Iranian Persian: اِصْلاحْگَر (eslâhgar) — one who modifies
- Polish: modyfikator — one who modifies
- Portuguese: modificador — one who modifies
- Russian: модифика́тор (modifikátor) — one who modifies
- Belarusian: азначэ́нне (aznačénnje) — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Belarusian: азначэ́ньне (aznačénʹnje) — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Bulgarian: определе́ние (opredelénie) — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Chinese Mandarin: 修飾語 /修饰语 (xiūshìyǔ) — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Czech: přívlastek — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Dutch: modificeerder — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Finnish: määrite — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Finnish: määriteosa — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- French: modificateur — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- German: Attribut — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- German: Bestimmungswort — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- German: Bestimmung — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Hindi: विशेषण (viśeṣaṇ) — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Hungarian: jelző — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Hungarian: szabad bővítmény — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Japanese: 修飾語 (shūshokugo) — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Japanese: 修飾子 (shūshokushi) — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Korean: 수식어 (susigeo) — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Malayalam: വിശേഷണം (viśēṣaṇaṁ) — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Malayalam: ഭേദകം (bhēdakaṁ) — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Norwegian Bokmål: adledd — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Polish: przydawka — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Portuguese: modificador — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Russian: определе́ние (opredelénije) — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Sanskrit: विशेषण (viśeṣaṇa) — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Slovak: prívlastok — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Slovene: prilastek — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Spanish: modificador — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Swedish: attribut — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
- Ukrainian: озна́чення (oznáčennja) — grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
Real reading context