amendment

Everyday

1. An amendment is a small change made to a law, rule, plan or piece of writing to correct or improve it. tree →
2. (law, USA) An Amendment is one of the changes added to the United States Constitution, such as the First Amendment about free speech. tree →

In the lessons

In politics lessons, parliaments vote on amendments to new laws. In the USA, children learn about the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments. In school writing, an amendment is a correction you make to your work. In formal letters: «with amendments».

Examples

• The council made an amendment to the parking rules. tree →
• Parliament voted on the amendment. tree →
• The First Amendment protects free speech in the USA. tree →
• I made a few amendments to my story after reading it again. tree →
• The teacher accepted our amendment to the class rules. tree →
• There are twenty-seven amendments to the US Constitution. tree →
• The amendment changed one word in the law. tree →
• The remaining amendments are listed below. tree →

Note

Countable: amendments. Verb: «amend» (to change a little). Do not confuse with «amends»: «make amends» means to do something good to make up for a wrong.