modifier
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5.2
- noun
- /ˈmɒdɪfaɪər/
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modificador
- So we have in One Cup, people, people with a few modifiers involved with those people.
Examples
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In marketing, a modifier can enhance a product's appeal by highlighting its unique features.
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But contemporary and luxury, these are not modifiers that you can just use Willy nilly.
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In this case it's functions as a kind of, what would we say, modifier of anger.
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There's a modifier to my own argument, though.
Blog text (23) -
I am, after all, the modifier's most stalwart defender.
Blog text (1) -
But the Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier cuts more deeply into the essence of practicing medicine.
Academic text (2017) -
Bestselling frontier writer Luke Short was an all-time master at avoiding modifiers.
Academic text (2008) -
By associating multiple modifiers with a nominalization, writers are able to produce extremely fine and precise delineations of meaning.
Academic text (2003) -
Participants also indicated their level of traffic noise annoyance at home with open windows on an 11-point scale, which was evaluated as a potential effect modifier.
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The software engineer served as a modifier who improved the application's user interface.
Synonyms
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4.4
A person or thing that causes a difference
Compounds
- Specialized
A word or phrase in a sentence placed so it seems to describe the wrong thing and confuses the reader
- Specialized
A word or phrase placed so it seems to describe the wrong part of a sentence and confuses the meaning
How Active
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Modifier comes from the root mod meaning 'measure' or 'way' and the verb modify 'to make change'. So a modifier can be a person who changes rules or things to change how they work.