Associations to the word «Modifier»

Wiktionary

MODIFIER, noun. One who, or that which, modifies.
MODIFIER, noun. (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.
MODIFIER KEY, noun. (computing) A key (of a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions.
MODIFIER KEYS, noun. Plural of modifier key

Dictionary definition

MODIFIER, noun. A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb.
MODIFIER, noun. A moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising.
MODIFIER, noun. A person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu".
MODIFIER, noun. A gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats