amended

«amended» in Mova's school dictionary: Changed a little to correct or improve it, especially a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (amended); also the past tense and past participle of the verb amend (amend, amends, amended, amending)

meaning for a pupil

1) Changed a little to correct or improve it, especially a rule, law, plan or piece of writing. tree →

2) (law) Officially altered by adding or changing parts, like an amended law. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used for rules, timetables, laws and homework: an amended timetable has small changes. It tells the reader that a first version was fixed or improved. Phrases: amended version, amended rules, as amended, amended timetable.

examples

• The school sent home an amended timetable for the sports day. tree →
• She handed in an amended copy of her story. tree →
• The law was amended to protect wildlife. tree →
• Here are the amended rules for the game. tree →
• The teacher amended my mark after checking again. tree →
• The amended plan includes a wet-weather option. tree →
• Please read the amended letter carefully. tree →

note

"Amend" means to change slightly to improve; the noun is amendment. Do not confuse amend with "emend" (correct a text; rare) or with "mend" (fix something broken). "Make amends" means to make up for something wrong you did. In maths, an amended answer is a corrected one.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «amended» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.