amendment
a change or changes made to the words of a text
In that session, almost all of the faculty members passed an amendment to the dean, requesting some special facilities.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
amendment
a‧mend‧ment AC /əˈmendmənt/ BrE AmE noun
[Word Family: verb: ↑amend; noun: ↑amendment]
[uncountable and countable] a small change, improvement, or addition that is made to a law or document, or the process of doing this:
constitutional amendments
amendment to
an amendment to the resolution
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
amendment
amend·ment AW [amendment amendments] [əˈmendmənt] [əˈmendmənt] noun
1. countable, uncountable a small change or improvement that is made to a law or a document; the process of changing a law or a document
• to introduce/propose/table an amendment (= to suggest it)
• Parliament passed the bill without further amendment.
• ~ to sth She made several minor amendments to her essay.
2. Amendment countable a statement of a change to the Constitution of the US
• The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.
Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘improvement, correction’): from Old French amendement, from amender, based on Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + menda ‘a fault’.
Culture:
In the US the first ten amendments to the Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. Each amendment to the US Constitution needs a two-thirds majority in each House and must be approved by 75% of the states.
Example Bank:
• He is simply exercising his First-Amendment rights.
• He moved an amendment limiting capital punishment to certain very serious crimes.
• In total 217 MPs backed the rebel amendment opposing the government.
• On a free vote, the amendment was carried by 292 votes to 246.
• Parliament accepted the amendment and the bill was passed.
• She withdrew her amendment and left the meeting.
• The Senate added numerous amendments to the bill.
• The amendment passed in 2001.
• The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments.
• The new clause was accepted without amendment.
• The programme is subject to amendment.
• They have proposed an amendment to the federal constitution.
• a call to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution
• a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage
• an amendment to the Clean Water Act
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
amendment / əˈmend.mənt / noun
C2 [ U or C ] a change or changes made to the words of a text:
He insisted that the book did not need amendment.
I've made a few last-minute amendments to the article.
Presidential power was reduced by a constitutional amendment in 1991.
[ C ] a change to a law that is not yet in operation and is still being discussed:
An amendment to the bill was agreed without a vote.
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
amendment
/əmendmənt/
(amendments)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
An amendment is a section that is added to a law or rule in order to change it.
...an amendment to the defense bill.
N-VAR
2.
An amendment is a change that is made to a piece of writing.
= alteration
N-COUNT
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
amendment
amend·ment /əˈmɛndmənt/ noun, pl -ments
1 [count] : a change in the words or meaning of a law or document (such as a constitution)
• constitutional amendments
- often + to
• They proposed an amendment to the law. [=they officially suggested that a change be made to the law]
• an amendment to section 37(a) of the tax code
✦The names of the amendments that have been made to the U.S. Constitution are usually capitalized.
• The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution of the United States are called the Bill of Rights.
• Our right to free speech is protected by the First Amendment (of the U.S. Constitution).
2 [noncount] : the act or process of changing the words or meaning of a law or document : the act or process of amending something
• rights that were granted by amendment of the Constitution
