AMEND


Meaning of AMEND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əmend ]

( amends, amending, amended)

1.

If you amend something that has been written such as a law, or something that is said, you change it in order to improve it or make it more accurate.

The president agreed to amend the constitution and allow multi-party elections...

...the amended version of the Act.

= revise

VERB : V n , V-ed

2.

If you make amends when you have harmed someone, you show that you are sorry by doing something to please them.

He wanted to make amends for causing their marriage to fail.

PHRASE : V inflects , oft PHR for n / -ing

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