amend
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
to change for the better; improve: to amend one's ways.
to remove or correct faults in; rectify.
to grow or become better by reforming oneself: He amends day by day.
Origin of amend
1synonym study For amend
Other words for amend
Opposites for amend
Other words from amend
- a·mend·a·ble, adjective
- a·mend·er, noun
- non·a·mend·a·ble, adjective
- re·a·mend, verb
- un·a·mend·a·ble, adjective
- un·a·mend·ing, adjective
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How to use amend in a sentence
Since then, Voice of San Diego has discovered that Barrios did not disclose income he earned before starting his City Hall job, forcing him to amend an economic interest disclosure, and did not disclose his overlapping public- and private-sector pay.
Barrios Worked With Laborers as a Council Staffer Before Taking a Job There | Andrew Keatts and Jesse Marx | September 24, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe amended bill would ease the penalties for officers convicted of misconduct in a state where police discipline is secret.
How Criminal Cops Often Avoid Jail | by Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press | September 23, 2020 | ProPublicaThe next month, the minimal requirements for manufacturing the polio vaccine were amended and continued to be updated as the science advanced.
Here’s What Happens When You Try to Scale Up Vaccine Production Too Quickly | Fiona Zublin | September 18, 2020 | OzyThe bill would amend Section 230 to give larger platforms just 24 hours to remove content determined by a court to be unlawful.
Why the most controversial US internet law is worth saving | Amy Nordrum | September 9, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe company in its amended filing noted that it has finally determined that Alexander Moore, Spencer Rascoff and Alexandra Schiff, who were recently hired as new independent directors of the company, are in fact independent.
In amended filing, Palantir admits it won’t have independent board governance for up to a year | Danny Crichton | September 3, 2020 | TechCrunch
Anger about Citizens United has spurred a movement to amend the Constitution to reverse the opinion.
Undo Citizens United? We’d Only Scratch the Surface | Jedediah Purdy | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a result, Perry said the group is currently looking into whether to amend its FEC report to make that clear.
However, Denham has said he will still try to amend the bill on the floor of the House.
Even a Path to Citizenship for Military Volunteers Is Too Much for House Republicans | Ben Jacobs | April 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWere they to amend their posture, they would only be further isolating themselves.
Obama Gambles Iran Nuke Talks to Punish Putin | Josh Rogin, Eli Lake | March 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWell, let me slightly amend that: With this Supreme Court, you never know about the future.
Morally and Legally, the Right Call in Arizona | Michael Tomasky | February 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Federal Reserve Board reserves the right to add to, alter, or amend these regulations.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsIn order to pass a law, nine states had to agree in its favor; in order to amend the Articles, all thirteen states had to agree.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyI doubt it, sire, and I advise you to send away this libertine St. Luc, who is resolved not to amend.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereAn important bill was passed, entitled "An act to amend the act for the abolition of slavery."
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanWhen it was over, poor Russell seemed to amend, and the removal of the perpetual pain gave him relief.
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. Farrar
British Dictionary definitions for amend
/ (əˈmɛnd) /
to improve; change for the better
to remove faults from; correct
to alter or revise (legislation, a constitution, etc) by formal procedure
Origin of amend
1Derived forms of amend
- amendable, adjective
- amender, noun
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