Amendment - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)
Extra examples
...the article as written requires only one factual amendment...
He cited the First Amendment guarantee of free speech.
...the U.S. abolished slavery by constitutional amendment on December 6, 1865...
He invoked his Fifth Amendment privileges.
...a roundup of editorials pro and contra the proposed constitutional amendment...
The opinion of the meeting was generally favourable to the amendment.
These provisions are overridden by the fifteenth constitutional amendment.
The amendment was carried by 292 votes to 246.
The First Amendment guarantees freedom of expression.
They want to move an amendment to the bill.
The House of Lords sent back the Bill to the House of Commons for amendment.
They passed the amendment
Word forms
singular: amendment
plural: amendments
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