modify

Other forms of modify

past tense or participle

modified

present participle

modifying·

third person

modifies·

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 modify

What does modify mean?

modify means "make less severe or harsh or extreme". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in modify?

modify has 3 syllables: mo-di-fy. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˈmɑdəˌfaɪ/.

What is another word for modify?

Close synonyms include qualify, change, alter. 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 modify a common word?

modify 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 modify?

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