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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’."
}