v00169806
| type | v |
| lex_filenum | 30 |
| def | make less severe or harsh or extreme |
| examples | please modify this letter to make it more polite he modified his views on same-gender marriage |
| Frame - 1 | Something ----s |
| Frame - 2 | Somebody ----s |
| Frame - 8 | Somebody ----s something |
| Frame - 10 | Something ----s somebody |
| Frame - 11 | Something ----s something |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | change |
| Derivationally related form | modify → modifiable; modify → modification |
| Derivationally related form | modify → modifier; modify → modification |
| Derivationally related form | modify → modification |
| Hyponym | optimize, optimise; attemper; syncopate; update; update; soup up, hop up, hot up; cream; qualify, restrict; corrupt, spoil; temper, harden; specialize, specialise; buffer; inflect; cushion, buffer, soften |
| Incoming links | |
| Derivationally related form | modifiable → modify; modification → modify |
| Derivationally related form | modification → modify; modifier → modify |
| Derivationally related form | modification → modify |
| Hyponym | change |
| Hypernym | optimize, optimise; attemper; syncopate; update; update; soup up, hop up, hot up; cream; qualify, restrict; corrupt, spoil; temper, harden; specialize, specialise; buffer; inflect; cushion, buffer, soften |
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