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Mods

Mods

19 4.9
Changes made by players to a game that add content or change how it plays
  • noun
  • /mɒdz/
  • Jargon
: mods
  • They could make levels, they could make new sounds, new graphics, they could change the whole game basically in mod it, it's called mods modification.

My favorite video of yours, I think, or one of them is the Skyrim one with just all the insane mods colliding.

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Examples

  • Many players enjoy creating mods that change the graphics of their favorite games.

  • He has done such mods as the Tron Light cycle.

  • I mean, the performance mods are easily there.

  • And I made a lot of little, little mods here and there just to get this going.

  • Here are the mods I plan to implement today.

  • They they were selling like mods and modded systems.

    Julian Dorey

  • In our study, APACHE II score of 24 and SOFA and MODS scores of 12 were associated with higher mortality rates. These scores can be used for prognosis for patients with malaria and acute kidney injury and can help us better categorize patients for better management and improved outcomes.

    Academic text (2012)

  • He downloaded several new mods to enhance the gameplay experience.

  • In this workshop, we will learn how to design our own mods for popular video games.

Synonyms

modification
vsMods
144 3.9

Changing something to make it better or more suitable

is limited to user-created changes for games or software adding content or mechanics

How Extensive

overhaul
60 5.1
to convert
245 3.7
Mods
  • Jargon
19 4.9
tweak
35 3.9

Surface Forms

Mods plural
Mod singular

Morphology

Mods = mod (transparent) = mod + s

This is a regular plural of 'mod', so the meaning is directly recoverable from the base word and plural suffix.

Etymology

Mods is short for modification, from modify meaning 'to change'. So Mods are the changes people make to a game or program to add new parts or fix things.