ALL meanings of premodification
mod·i·fi·ca·tion
P p - noun premodification an act or instance of modifying. 1
- noun premodification the state of being modified; partial alteration. 1
- noun premodification a modified form; variety. 1
- noun premodification Biology. a change in a living organism acquired from its own activity or environment and not transmitted to its descendants. 1
- noun premodification limitation or qualification. 1
- noun premodification Grammar. the use of a modifier in a construction, or of modifiers in a class of constructions or in a language. the meaning of a modifier, especially as it affects the meaning of the word or other form modified: Limitation is one kind of modification. a change in the phonological shape of a morpheme, word, or other form when it functions as an element in a construction, as the change of not to -n't in doesn't. an adjustment in the form of a word as it passes from one language to another. 1
- noun premodification the modification of a word or phrase by means of a preceding element 0