the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

[ Syn: alteration , adjustment ]

slightly modified copy; not an exact copy; a modification of last year's model'

the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

[ Syn: qualifying , limiting ]

an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; the change was intended to increase sales; this storm is certainly a change for the worse; the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago

[ Syn: change , alteration ]