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modification

nounid 3292·updated May 9, 2026
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The act of making partial or minor changes to something.

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Process72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
alterationchangequalifying
alternatephrasing
Modification
plural
modifications
possessive
modification's
pluralpossessive
modifications'

Framework definitions

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →
§1
The act of making partial or minor changes to something.
Wordset Dictionary4 sensesview framework →
§1
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
§2
slightly modified copy
§3
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
§4
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
The act of making partial or minor changes to something.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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