Meaning of amend in English

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amend | Intermediate English

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to change the words of something written, esp. a law or a legal document: The terms of the contract were amended in later years. (Definition of amend from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

amend | Business English

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/ əˈmend / us

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to change something, especially the words of a text: They were too hasty to amend or drop initiatives that did not work immediately. amend sth to sth In line 20, 'men' should be amended to 'people'. LAW , GOVERNMENT to make a change to a law: amend a bill/law He will try to amend the bill to shift more of the money to conservation.

The proposals would amend the Insolvency Act of 1986 to prevent potentially viable small businesses from being forced into receivership.

Until the constitution is amended, the power to appoint ministers will remain with the president. (Definition of amend from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of amend

The charge of failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash will be amended to driving too fast for conditions.

The original law was enacted in 1971 and amended in 2006. It has been amended to say that the better health is linked with having a degree after age 25. The language was amended over time, but the provision remained intact. Subsequent governments will then be able to repeal or amend individual laws if needed.

A decade ago, the government began trying to rein in money laundering, and since then it has amended criminal laws and strengthened commercial banking rules.

We can discourage short-term investing by amending the capital gains rules to reward longer shareholding periods.

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Translations of amend

in Chinese (Traditional) 修訂，修正，修改（法律文件等）… in Chinese (Simplified) 修订，修正，修改（法律文件等）… in Spanish corregir, enmendar… in Portuguese corrigir, emendar… in more languages in Marathi in Turkish in Gujarati in Swedish in Norwegian in Ukrainian in Russian in Bengali in Indonesian in Vietnamese बदल करणे, दुरूस्त करणे… hafif düzeltmek, değiştirmek, düzeltmek… rectifier, amender… verbeteren… ஒரு உரையின் வார்த்தைகளை மாற்ற, குறிப்பாக ஒரு சட்டம் அல்லது சட்ட ஆவணம்… (किसी लेख आदि के शब्दों में) संशोधन करना, सुधारना, संशोधित करना… rette, korrigere… rätta till… memperbetulkan… verbessern… rette på, forbedre… ترمیم کرنا… виправляти, вносити поправки… вносить изменения… memperbaiki… ทำให้ดีขึ้น, ปรับปรุง… poprawiać, naprawiać… Need a translator?

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