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{
"term": "amendment",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a small change or improvement that is made to a document or proposed new law; the process of changing a document or proposed new law",
"sensetop": "amendment to something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **introduce/propose/table an amendment** *(= to suggest it)*"
},
{
"text": "Parliament passed the bill without further amendment."
},
{
"text": "She made several minor amendments to her essay.",
"contextForm": "amendment to something"
},
{
"text": "In total 217 MPs backed the rebel amendment opposing the government."
},
{
"text": "On a free vote, the amendment was carried by 292 votes to 246."
},
{
"text": "Parliament accepted the amendment and the bill was passed."
},
{
"text": "She withdrew her amendment and left the meeting."
},
{
"text": "The Senate added numerous amendments to the bill."
},
{
"text": "The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments."
},
{
"text": "The new clause was accepted without amendment."
},
{
"text": "The programme is subject to amendment."
},
{
"text": "an amendment to the Clean Water Act"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["important", "major", "significant"],
"verb + amendment": ["introduce", "make", "draft"],
"amendment + verb": [
"pass (something)",
"ban something",
"outlaw something"
],
"preposition": ["without amendment", "amendment to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a statement of a change to the Constitution of the US",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote."
},
{
"text": "He is simply exercising his First-Amendment rights."
},
{
"text": "a call to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution"
},
{
"text": "They have proposed an amendment to the federal constitution."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["important", "major", "significant"],
"verb + amendment": ["introduce", "make", "draft"],
"amendment + verb": [
"pass (something)",
"ban something",
"outlaw something"
],
"preposition": ["without amendment", "amendment to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈmendmənt/",
"audio": "am/amendment/amendment__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈmendmənt/",
"audio": "am/amendment/amendment__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘improvement, correction’): from Old French amendement, from amender, based on Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + menda ‘a fault’."
}