amend

Academic Word List, sublist 5.

About 2.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make better; improve.
2. verb To become better.
3. verb To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
4. verb To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
5. verb To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

   We amended the rules so that we could admit 20 more members to the club.

6. noun An act of righting a wrong; compensation.
7. noun Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”).

   I've sent over a new version of the doc with some amends.

Similar words

ameliorate meliorate improve remedy rectify better bring rectification amendment adjusting

Often followed by

the and or it their his its a an

Word family

amended amender amenders amending amendment amendments amends