amendment
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- noun
- /əˈmɛndmənt/
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enmienda
- The Louisiana Constitution requires that amendments to bills must be germane to the content of the bill.
- constitutional amendment
- propose an amendment
- pass an amendment
Totally no other fertilizers, no other amendments, nothing like that.
- Totally no other fertilizers, no other amendments, nothing like that.
- And if a bill or an amendment fails, so be it.
- He may do no amendments, but we'll probably go through an amendment process.
- But but the amendment says it has to be both cruel and unusual.
- The writer adding quote, the Second Amendment doesn't guarantee the right to have firearms at all.
- Well, we have a Second Amendment.
- There are way more committee processes and hearings and amendments.
- Like how come you can read the constitution and all of the amendments?
- So any amendment that would cost money, the Commons can plead privilege and reject it.
- So this is the, we filed a First Amendment suit that we announced yesterday.
- I agree with you that the First Amendment is broad and it protects his speech.
- That's that extra step that takes it outside of a First Amendment defense.
- On TikTok, Trump says the ban violates his First Amendment rights.
- So I believe in the Constitution, including the Second Amendment.
- He also is a big Second Amendment Wrights guy.
Examples
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A growing public awareness and concern about controlling water pollution led to significant amendments in 1972.
Academic text (2011) -
Look, Harkin's speaking about an amendment to a budget bill.
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Not one single amendment has been accepted by the government in the Scotland Bill.
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And if a bill or an amendment fails, so be it.
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I don't think you could get that amendment voted on in Congress now, let alone passed.
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The committee overwhelmingly rejects an amendment strongly supporting the president's civil rights program.
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Eventually, enough free states would exist that a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery could be contemplated.
Academic text (1999) -
The system permits lawyers to file cases, motions, amendments, and requests for service from their desktops.
Academic text (2011) -
In FY1986, the chambers adopted a combined total of 250 amendments to the authorization and appropriations bills.
Academic text (1990) -
The senator proposed an amendment to improve the existing healthcare law.
Synonyms
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A change made to something
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2.9
A change made to improve or correct something
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A change made to improve text, like a book or article
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A slightly changed version of something
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A change an editor makes to a text to correct mistakes
Idioms
- Formal
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Refuse to answer questions in court or by police to avoid saying you did something wrong
Compounds
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An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition
- Formal
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An official change to the main written law of a country or organization
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A US legal right that protects people from forced testimony, being tried twice, and unfair legal process
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A law that protects freedom of speech, religion, the press, assembly, and petition
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A change to the U.S. Constitution from 1920 that gives women the right to vote
- Formal
A 1920 change to the U.S. Constitution that banned making and selling alcohol and was repealed in 1933
A law that banned making, selling, and moving alcoholic drinks in the United States from 1920 until 1933
- Formal
A U.S. constitutional change that gives citizenship and equal protection to people born or naturalized in the United States
A change to the United States Constitution made in 1920 that gives women the right to vote
How Significant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Amendment comes from the verb amend, from Latin emendare, meaning 'to correct' or 'make better', and it is related to the common word mend meaning 'to fix'. So an amendment is a change made to fix or improve a document or law.