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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky