amend

CEFRC1

/əˈmɛnd/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To change a document, rule, or law to improve it.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To become better.

Examples

  • Some people want to amend the constitution.

  • The Diet is likely to amend this unpopular law.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).

  2. To make better; improve.

  3. To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

More examples

In context

  • I've sent over a new version of the doc with some amends.

  • 1990, Doug Hoyle, Hansard, Trade Union Act, 1984, Amendment no. 2, 4 July, 1990, It is necessary to amend the Act to preserve the spirit in which it was first passed into law […]

  • Mud not the fountain that gave drink to thee; Mar not the thing that cannot be amended.

Synonyms

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The committee decided to blank the constitution to include new rights.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō (“free from faults”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”). Compare aphetic mend. Doublet of emend.