Main entry: adjustment, alteration, modification
Definition: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
Main entry: modification
Definition: slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
Usage: a modification of last year's model
Main entry: change, modification, alteration
Definition: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
Usage: 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
Main entry: modification, limiting, qualifying
Definition: the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase