modifying
SayMO-di-fy-ingUS/ˈmɑdɪfaɪɪŋ/UK/ˈmɒdɪfaɪɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of modify.
The engineers are modifying the design to bring down production costs.
Modifying the recipe just slightly improved the overall flavor.
Note
The -ing form keeps the final y of modify, so nothing changes before the suffix. It covers every use of the verb: transitive (modifying a design), intransitive (views slowly modifying over the years), and the grammarian's sense of qualifying meaning. In that last sense it often stands before a noun, as in a modifying clause or a modifying adverb, and names what the word or phrase does.
modifying is a form of modify
modify, verb: To change a part of something, altering some details while leaving the rest as it was. Full entry
- Spelling
- modify → modifying: add -ing
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