amend
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To make better; improve.
- 2.
(intransitive)To become better.
- 3.
(obsolete, transitive)To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
- 4.
(intransitive, obsolete)To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
- 5.
(transitive)To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.
1990, Doug Hoyle, Hansard, Trade Union Act, 1984, Amendment no. 2, 4 July, 1990, It is necessary to amend the Act to preserve the spirit in which it was first passed into law […]
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(plural normally)(usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong; compensation.
- 2.
(abbreviation, alt of, clipping, informal, plural normally)(informal, of a document, usually in the plural) Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”).
I've sent over a new version of the doc with some amends.
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Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō (free from faults), from ex (from, out of) + mendum (fault). Compare aphetic mend. emend.