AMENDMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amendment mean? 

• AMENDMENT (noun)
  The noun AMENDMENT has 2 senses:

1. the act of amending or correcting

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

  Familiarity information: AMENDMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMENDMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of amending or correcting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("amendment" is a kind of...):

correction; rectification (the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right)

Derivation:

amend (make amendments to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("amendment" is a kind of...):

statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)

Instance hyponyms:

First Amendment (an amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression; includes freedom of assembly and freedom of the press and freedom of religion and freedom of speech)

Fifth Amendment (an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes; mandates due process of law and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy; requires just compensation if private property is taken for public use)

Fourteenth Amendment (an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1868; extends the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as to the federal government)

Eighteenth Amendment (an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages; repealed in 1932)

Nineteenth Amendment (an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; guarantees that no state can deny the right to vote on the basis of sex)

Derivation:

amend (make amendments to)

 Context examples 

Dr. Illingworth asked whether an amendment should not be taken before a resolution.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In spite of this amendment, however, she requested to have a note sent to Longbourn, desiring her mother to visit Jane, and form her own judgement of her situation.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I wrote for their amendment, and not their approbation.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

At half past twelve, when Catherine's anxious attention to the weather was over and she could no longer claim any merit from its amendment, the sky began voluntarily to clear.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

He bore it very patiently for six months, and when no signs of amendment appeared, he did what other paternal exiles do—tried to get a little comfort elsewhere.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Later amendments to the Montreal Protocol completely phased out production of CFCs.

(First Direct Proof of Ozone Hole Recovery Due to Chemicals Ban, NASA)

Mrs. Rushworth proposed that the chaise should be taken also; but this was scarcely received as an amendment: the young ladies neither smiled nor spoke.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The form must accompany original submissions, amendments, supplements and resubmissions.

(Certification of Compliance: FDA Form 3674, Food and Drug Administration)

EXAMPLE(S): amendment, background material, guide.

(Document Type Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

"How can you say so, Anne?" cried Lucy, who generally made an amendment to all her sister's assertions.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)