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amendment

amendment [noun]

a change or changes made to the words of a text

US /əˈmend.mənt/ 
UK /əˈmend.mənt/ 
Example: 

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

amendment 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

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

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