Learner’s Word of the Day => Amendment

Learner’s Word of the Day

 

 

amendment      /əˈmɛndmənt/   noun

 

 

 

Function: noun

 

Plural: amendments

 

1 [count] : a change in the words or meaning of a law or document (such as a constitution)

Example:

<constitutional amendments>

 

Note: This sense of amendment is often followed by to.

Examples:

<They proposed an amendment to the law. [=they officially suggested that a change be made to the law]>

<an amendment to section 37(a) of the tax code>

 

Note: The names of the amendments that have been made to the U.S. Constitution are usually capitalized.

Examples:

<The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution of the United States are called the Bill of Rights.>

<Our right to free speech is protected by the First Amendment (of the U.S. Constitution).>

 

2 [noncount] : the act or process of changing the words or meaning of a law or document : the act or process of amending something

Example:

<rights that were granted by amendment of the Constitution>