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Modifier

noun
1.
A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb.  Synonym: qualifier.
2.
A moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising.
3.
A person who changes something.  Synonym: changer.
4.
A gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene.  Synonym: modifier gene.



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... the foundation on which every sentence is built? May the subject be modified? What is a modifier? What ...
— Graded Lessons in English • Alonzo Reed and Brainerd Kellogg


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