Definition of modification
1
: the limiting of a statement : qualification
with some modifications this statement is true today— J. B. Conant
3a
: the making of a limited change in something
making the exactly minimum degree of modification to her institutions necessary to fit them to new conditions— John Strachey
also
: the result of such a change
b
: a change in an organism caused by environmental factors
4
: a limitation or qualification (see qualification sense 1) of the meaning of a word by another word, by an affix, or by internal change
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The first known use of modification was in 1603
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