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See more synonyms for modifier on Thesaurus.com a person or thing that modifies. Grammar a word, phrase, or sentence element that limits or qualifies the sense of another word, phrase, or element in the same construction. the immediate constituent of an endocentric construction that is not the head. Show More
Origin of modifier First recorded in
1575–85; modify +
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Examples from the Web for modifier Contemporary Examples of modifier On the summer programming spectrum, it skewed more towards “just plain silly,” sans the “but still curious” modifier .
But not effortlessly charming, which is usually the modifier when someone uses "charming" as an adjective.
The ‘Zionist’ modifier is crucial because it differentiates between the situation in Israel/Palestine and Afrikaaner Apartheid.
Historical Examples of modifier Y is a modifier of X, but unless X is present Y can produce no effect.
Electricity as a modifier of properties in turn throws flame into eclipse.
No modifier should be inserted between to and the infinitive.
In some of these examples, the predicate adjective has a modifier .
Eosin may be said to be a modifier of vermilion or vermilion of eosin.
British Dictionary definitions for modifier Also called: qualifier grammar a word or phrase that qualifies the sense of another word; for example, the noun alarm is a modifier of clock in alarm clock and the phrase every day is an adverbial modifier of walks in he walks every day a person or thing that modifies Show More
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Word Origin and History for modifier n. 1580s, agent noun of modify . Grammatical sense is from 1865.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
A word or group of words that describes or limits a verb , noun , adjective , or adverb . Modifiers applied to nouns are adjectives. Modifiers applied to verbs or adjectives are adverbs. Those that are applied to adverbs themselves are also called adverbs.
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