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{ "term": "amend", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "academic": true, "ox5000": true, "cefr": "c1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "amend", "heSheIt": "amends" }, "pastSimple": "amended", "pastParticiple": "amended", "ingForm": "amending" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to change a law, document, statement, etc. slightly in order to correct a mistake or to improve it", "sensetop": "amend something", "examples": [ { "text": "He asked to see the amended version." }, { "text": "The law has been amended to read as follows:…" }, { "text": "Parliament will vote to amend the constitution." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/əˈmend/", "audio": "am/amend/amend__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/əˈmendz/", "audio": "am/amend/amends__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/əˈmendɪd/", "audio": "am/amend/amended__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/əˈmendɪŋ/", "audio": "am/amend/amending__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/əˈmend/", "audio": "am/amend/amend__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/əˈmendz/", "audio": "am/amend/amends__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/əˈmendɪd/", "audio": "am/amend/amended__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/əˈmendɪŋ/", "audio": "am/amend/amending__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French amender, based on Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + menda ‘a fault’." }