amend

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /əˈmɛnd/

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Verb

Plain form amend

Third-person singular amends

Past tense amended

Past participle amended

Present participle amending

1. If you amend a law, statement, or piece of writing, you change it to make it better or fix a mistake.

   Pakistan has amended a law to give new powers to army courts.

Related words

• amendment

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