Noun

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Modify

The word can be an adjective (a classic car) or a noun (a classic of English literature).

In the Tunisian dialect, the adjective Houmani derives from the noun Houma, which could be translated to a 'working class district'.

Civic organizations should now modify their priorities before it is too late.

The intervening crisis only made the Kremlin modify and sharpen its plan.

This application is mainly used to modify the surface chemistry of polymers.

Other examples are chemicals that modify the electrical signaling inside the body.

You may not modify the state of any package while a download is underway.

Retaining alternative A in the original text of paragraph 2 might modify this rule.

Suggestions were made on how to modify the guidelines to meet those and other concerns.

Some try to deal with basic human proclivities, and to modify behavior to make people better.

This configuration encourages enthusiasts to modify its functions, particularly in the form of so called images.

The firm should monitor the channel's performance over time and modify the channel to enhance performance.

So what we're trying to do really is take our chicken, modify it and make the chickenosaurus.

The hope is that the data may help you to modify your behavior in the right direction.

Human settlements in watersheds may modify hydraulic systems and destabilize slopes, thereby increasing flood and landslide hazards.

Does Thailand intend to take this opportunity to modify its internal legislation concerning the financing of terrorism?

The Declaration does not replace or modify existing international obligations in favour of persons belonging to minorities.

Market incentives cause actors to operate or modify parts of the network in ways that maximize efficiency locally.

In Escherichia coli bacteria, more than 100 transcription factors have been identified, which modify the activity of RNAP.

The change in focus will be to modify how, and the culture within which, those tools are used.

Meanwhile, the manufacturers, Linden Labs, have said they will modify the game to prevent virtual children from having sex.

In those cases, users cannot access their source code, hence they cannot modify it or study how it works.

And mobile apps that allow you to modify your looks only intensify the temptation of obtaining that desirable beauty.

Intervention at one level (current abilities) has the potential to prevent or modify events at a succeeding level (participation).

In addition, several large pension funds are utilizing derivative instruments to modify the risk return profile of the portfolio

Nor do the documents and guidelines make clear how UNDP should modify analyses and policies from a gender perspective.

At the same time, the country must modify its consumption model through greater reliance on hydroelectric, nuclear, and wind energy.

In Khomeini s view, the jurist ruler could modify religious laws, depending on his interpretation of the needs of the regime.

This in particular if, as proposed, the parties may selectively exclude or modify individual provisions, rather than the entire framework.

A bill was submitted to Congress to modify the criminal classification for trafficking in people in accordance with international norms.

(b) give or modify instructions in respect of the goods which do not amount to a variation of the contract

The Toolbox provides a range of tools which users can select or modify according to their needs and local circumstances.

Some people wish to retain it as it stands, others want to modify it, and some to abolish the Law completely.

That is the objective of the legislation that we have adopted in Belgium, and which we do not intend to modify.

Taking all appropriate measures, including legislation, to modify or abolish existing laws, regulations, customs and practices which constitute discrimination against women.

These sources rely on the same basic data, but they modify it in different ways to account for inflation and other factors.

As a result, in order to move past each other in an extremely crowded environment, they are forced to modify their behavior.

As indicated above, a decision was taken at this session to modify the payment mechanism and the priority of payment of outstanding claims.

(a) To modify item 6 of the draft provisional agenda for the fifty eighth session of the Sub Commission to read as follows

(f) To take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to modify or abolish existing laws, regulations, customs and practices which constitute discrimination against women

By being informed of the candidates' prospective standing in an election, voters may freely form or modify their own opinion about the candidates.

Organizations should modify and adjust their structures, create checks and balances and harmonize practices and policies to ensure their coherent and rational implementation.