modified

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Editorial note

Alice forked Juan's recipe and modified it to fit tastes.

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Quick take

changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved"

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adjective

changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved"

adjective

mediocre

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for modified.

adjective

changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved"

adjective

mediocre

Example sentences

Alice forked Juan's recipe and modified it to fit tastes.

The original Half-Life was built on a modified version of the Quake engine.

For example, say that project P uses library L and bundles a slightly modified L in its release.

They don't want to provide their modified source code for these programs to their users, in violation of their obligations under the GPL.

They talk about how they modified the virus to emit a tracking signal, and how they modified it to target the cancer cells.

You could make a similar claim about big sites like Microsoft and Yahoo that have copied the look an feel of Google, or the mass of slightly-modified Bootstrap-based 'Western' sites.

This panel had been modified for this particular experiment in that all drive electronics were removed very quickly after power was removed.

This is often why those who make mistakes end up being demonized; their mistake has now limited the actions that every other user of the system can make, because the system will be modified to prevent other users from making the same mistake.