amend
Other forms: amended; amends; amending
When you amend something, you correct or improve it. If you confused your audience when you gave your speech, don't be afraid to amend what you said.
Amend can also describe adding amendments to an official document, such as a constitution or law. If politicians in your state want to address the growing number of home foreclosures, they might amend the state constitution to include restrictions intended to reduce foreclosures. Amend comes from the Latin word emendare, meaning "to correct, free from fault."
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make amendments to“amend the document”
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type of:
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revise
make revisions in
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revise
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set straight or right
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make better
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synonyms:
ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate
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ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate
get better
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Antonyms:
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aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen
make worse
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types:
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alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieve
provide physical relief, as from pain
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aid, help
improve the condition of
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regenerate, revitalize
restore strength
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enrich
make better or improve in quality
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build up, develop
change the use of and make available or usable
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turn around
improve dramatically
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help
improve; change for the better
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upgrade
improve what was old or outdated
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condition
put into a better state
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emend
make improvements or corrections to
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iron out, put right, straighten out
settle or put right
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enhance
make better or more attractive
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bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
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reform
make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
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reform
improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
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beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify
make more beautiful
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build
improve the cleansing action of
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hone, perfect
refine or make more perfect or effective
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down, fine-tune, polish, refine
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
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distill, make pure, purify, sublimate
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
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fructify
make productive or fruitful
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lift, raise
invigorate or heighten
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advance
develop further
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upgrade
give better travel conditions to
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educate
give an education to
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groom, neaten
care for one's external appearance
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curry, dress, groom
give a neat appearance to
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soothe
cause to feel better
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bring around, cure, heal
provide a cure for, make healthy again
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comfort, ease
lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
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redevelop
change the plans for the use of (land)
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fill out, round out
make bigger or better or more complete
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optimise, optimize
make optimal; get the most out of; use best
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choke, throttle
reduce the air supply
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recondition
bring into an improved condition
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follow up
increase the effectiveness or success of by further action
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retouch, touch up
alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance
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rejuvenate
make younger or more youthful
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fiddle, tinker
try to fix or mend
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fill
plug with a substance
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patch, piece
repair by adding pieces
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cobble
repair or mend
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point, repoint
repair the joints of bricks
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trouble-shoot, troubleshoot
solve problems
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patch, patch up
mend by putting a patch on
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dress up, window-dress
make something appear superficially attractive
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slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, titivate, tittivate
make neat, smart, or trim
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brush up, burnish, polish, polish up, round, round off
bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
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over-refine, overrefine
refine too much or with excess of subtlety
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rectify, refine
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
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purge
rid of impurities
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feed, fertilise, fertilize
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
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resole, sole
put a new sole on
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revamp, vamp
provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
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heel, reheel
put a new heel on
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settle
establish or develop as a residence
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polish, shine, smooth, smoothen
make (a surface) shine
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darn
repair by sewing
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benefit, do good
be beneficial for
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socialise, socialize
train for a social environment
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groom, prepare, train
educate for a future role or function
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co-educate, coeducate
educate persons of both sexes together
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school
educate in or as if in a school
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civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school, train
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
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become, suit
enhance the appearance of
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ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate
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