AMEND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amend mean? 

• AMEND (verb)
  The verb AMEND has 3 senses:

1. make amendments to

2. to make better

3. set straight or right

  Familiarity information: AMEND used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMEND (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they amend    ... he / she / it amends   
Past simple: amended   
Past participle: amended   
-ing form: amending   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make amendments to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

amend the document

Hypernyms (to "amend" is one way to...):

revise (make revisions in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

amendatory (effecting amendment)

amendment (the act of amending or correcting)

amendment (a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.))

Sense 2

Meaning:

To make better

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate

Context example:

The editor improved the manuscript with his changes

Hypernyms (to "amend" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Cause:

ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)

Verb group:

ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "amend"):

bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken)

educate (give an education to)

upgrade (give better travel conditions to)

advance (develop further)

lift; raise (invigorate or heighten)

fructify (make productive or fruitful)

distill; make pure; purify; sublimate (remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation)

down; fine-tune; polish; refine (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing)

hone; perfect (make perfect or complete)

build (improve the cleansing action of)

beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)

reform (improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition)

reform (make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices)

alleviate; assuage; palliate; relieve (provide physical relief, as from pain)

enhance (make better or more attractive)

iron out; put right; straighten out (settle or put right)

emend (make improvements or corrections to)

condition (put into a better state)

upgrade (to improve what was old or outdated)

help (improve; change for the better)

turn around (improve dramatically)

build up; develop (change the use of and make available or usable)

enrich (make better or improve in quality)

regenerate; revitalize (restore strength)

aid; help (improve the condition of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

amendable (capable of being corrected by additions)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Set straight or right

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

amend; rectify; remediate; remedy; repair

Context example:

repair an oversight

Hypernyms (to "amend" is one way to...):

correct; rectify; right (make right or correct)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

amendable (capable of being corrected by additions)

 Context examples 

“I have been robbed, sir,” I amended.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

As to you, Mr. Carruthers, I think that you have done what you could to make amends for your share in an evil plot.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Gentlemen, I wish you a good day, and hoping you and your families will also see your wickedness, and amend!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

If the audience had done less than justice, surely it made ample amends.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I do not know how you will ever make him amends for his kindness; or me, either, for that matter.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

She had intended saying "awful," but she amended it to "is not particularly good."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I have no one near me, gentle yet courageous, possessed of a cultivated as well as of a capacious mind, whose tastes are like my own, to approve or amend my plans.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“That is easily amended,” said he cheerily, and picking her lightly up, for she was much worn with time, he passed across with her.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Panel is governed by the provisions of Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).

(NCI Special Emphasis Panel, NCI Thesaurus)

While you can, of course, file an amended return, it’s always better to get things correct from the start.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)