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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate |
| Type of | modify, change, alter |
| Has types | doctor, down, educate, embellish, emend, enhance, enrich, advance, fine-tune, fix, fructify, furbish up, help, hone, iron out, lift, make pure, mend, fancify, aid, alleviate, assuage, beautify, build, build up, bushel, condition, develop, distill, touch on, turn around, upgrade, palliate, perfect, polish, prettify, purify, put right, raise, refine, reform, regenerate, relieve, repair, restore, revitalize, straighten out, sublimate |
| Verb group | meliorate, better, improve, ameliorate |
| Derivation | amendable |
Examples of amend
amend
It is best to amend the entire planting area or bed instead of individual holes.
From the dailyherald.com
There is no need to amend your soil, compost, feed or perform other fussy tasks.
From the ocregister.com
Any further loss of sovereignty might require Germany to amend its constitution.
From the economist.com
Ways and Means Committee members passed on a chance to amend the committee plan.
From the bostonherald.com
To amend what they can take up requires the two-thirds approval of each chamber.
From the timesunion.com
Louis, voted to advance the map to the Senate floor but hopes to amend it there.
From the stltoday.com
Haslam said he would amend his disclosure form to reflect the sale of the stock.
From the tennessean.com
He also was criticized for having to amend his financial statements three times.
From the ocregister.com
The company has entered talks with its lead banks to amend its credit agreement.
From the bloomberg.com
- Make amendments to; "amend the document"
- Better: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
- Rectify: set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
- (amended) of legislation
- (amended) modified for the better; "his amended ways"
- (amendment) a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)
- The motion to amend, in parliamentary procedure, is used to modify another motion.
- (Amends (Buffy episode)) "Amends" is episode 10 of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- (The Amendments) The Bill of Rights is the name by which the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known. ...
