əˈdʒʌst.mənt ɒl.tə(ɹ)ˈeɪ.ʃən ɔl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən tʃeɪndʒ ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) slightly modified copy; not an exact copy a modification of last year's model 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 the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase