modification

Other forms of modification

plural

modifications·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about modification

What does modification mean?

modification means "the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in modification?

modification has 5 syllables: mo-di-fi-ca-tion. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˌmɑdəfəˈkeɪʃən/.

What is another word for modification?

Close synonyms include alteration, adjustment, qualifying, limiting, change. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is modification a common word?

modification is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with modification?

104 words rhyme with modification. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.