different between requisite vs modification

English

Etymology

From Latin requ?s?tus, perfect passive participle of requ?r? (“I require, seek, ask for”), from which English require.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???kw?z?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???kw?z?t/

Adjective

requisite (comparative more requisite, superlative most requisite)

1. Essential, indispensable, required.

   Synonyms: necessary; see also Thesaurus:requisite

Related terms

• requisition

Translations

Noun

requisite (plural requisites)

1. An indispensable item; a requirement.

Hyponyms

• prerequisite

Translations

Italian

Verb

requisite

1. inflection of requisire:
   1. second-person plural present
   2. second-person plural imperative

Adjective

requisite

1. feminine plural of requisito

Latin

Participle

requ?s?te

1. vocative masculine singular of requ?s?tus

Portuguese

Verb

requisite

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of requisitar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of requisitar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of requisitar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of requisitar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French modification, from Latin modificatio (“a measuring”), from modificare (“to limit, control, modify”); see modify.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?d?f??ke???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?d?f??ke???n/
• Hyphenation: mod?i?fi?ca?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

modification (countable and uncountable, plural modifications)

1. (obsolete, philosophy) The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 72:

     Pleasure is the business of woman's life, according to the present modification of society […].

2. (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm) [from 17th c.]
3. The result of modifying something; a new or changed form. [from 17th c.]
4. The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]
   • Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
5. (biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring. [from 19th c.]
   • Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.
6. (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
   • The Chinese word "kòu tóu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow".

Related terms

• modify
• modifier

Translations

Further reading

• modification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• modification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• domification

French

Etymology

From Latin modific?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.di.fi.ka.sj??/

Noun

modification f (plural modifications)

1. modification

   Synonyms: altération, transformation

Related terms

• modifiable
• modificateur
• modifier
• modifieur

Further reading

• “modification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).