W: (v) alter [Related to: alteration] (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
W: (v) alter [Related to: alteration] (make an alteration to) "This dress needs to be altered"
W: (v) modify [Related to: modification] (make less severe or harsh or extreme) "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
W: (v) modify [Related to: modification] (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
W: (v) adjust [Related to: adjustment] (make correspondent or conformable) "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"
S: (n) modification (slightly modified copy; not an exact copy) "a modification of last year's model"
S: (n) modification, qualifying, limiting (the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase)
S: (n) change, alteration, modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another) "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"