amendment

Definition

Examples

The board approved an amendment to the contract at yesterday's meeting.

Word Family

Synonyms

• revisionthe act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
• alterationan event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
• modificationthe act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

Collocations

• Easy small amendment
  describing small amendment (the slender part of the back)
• Medium proposed amendment to the contract
  to proposed amendment to the contract, meaning to make a proposal, declare a plan for something
• Hard constitutional amendment ratified
  describing constitutional amendment ratified (a regular walk taken as a form of exercise)
• Very Hard table a wrecking amendment
  to table a wrecking amendment, meaning to hold back to a later time