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modifier

 [mod-uh-fahy-er]   Origin

mod·i·fi·er

   [mod-uh-fahy-er]
noun
1.
a person or thing that modifies.
2.
Grammar.
a.
a word, phrase, or sentence element that limits or qualifies the sense of another word, phrase, or element in the same construction.
b.
the immediate constituent of an endocentric construction that is not the head.
Origin:
1575–85; modify + -er1

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modifier (ˈmɒdɪˌfaɪə)
 
—n
1.  grammar Also called: qualifier 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
2.  a person or thing that modifies

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modifier
1580s, agent noun of modify. Grammatical sense is from 1865.
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Cultural Dictionary

modifier definition


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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modifier definition

programming
An operation that alters the state of an object. Modifiers often have names that begin with "set" and corresponding selector functions whose names begin with "get".
(1998-01-12)

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