Amend is an English word with synonyms like rectify or correct. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Amend in a sentence
Related words
Amend meaning
- To make better; improve.
- To become better.
- To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
Synonyms of Amend
Using Amend
- The main meaning on this page is: To make better; improve. | To become better. | To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
- Useful related words include: rectify, correct, repair, remedy.
- In the example corpus, amend often appears in combinations such as: to amend, amend the, would amend.
Context around Amend
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Amend
- In this selection, "amend" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, zoning, section and legislation stand out and add context to how "amend" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include act to amend the medical and asked to amend several sections. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "amend" sits close to words such as attribute, columnist and drafting, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with amend
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Can I amend my Anchor application? (6 words)
Among the proposed changes was a plan to amend the status of Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan region. (16 words)
At its next meeting, the council will be asked to amend several sections of the ordinance to clarify those issues. (20 words)
There also are city referendums that would amend the list of information required to register short-term rental units and amend the city’s hazard pay policy to take effect only when the city, and not the state, declares a state of emergency. (43 words)
All three school districts whose boundaries include the Chicago Bears' 326-acre Arlington Park property are now all on board in hiring a joint lobbyist to oppose, or at least amend, legislation that would give the franchise a massive tax break there. (42 words)
Another measure, part of the budget implementation bill, gives the department the ability to enact emergency rule-making to amend the process around funding such health care, which is not something the department currently has the capability of doing. (39 words)
Can I amend my Anchor application? (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
There also are city referendums that would amend the list of information required to register short-term rental units and amend the city’s hazard pay policy to take effect only when the city, and not the state, declares a state of emergency.
The Catholic Church has joined growing calls to amend the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, listing four contentious proposals to amend the Constitution it wants dropped.
The propsals, one of which would amend the general bylaws and one that would amend zoning bylaws, ban all marijuana manufacturers, retailers, cultivators, testing facilities and any other types of retail marijuana-related business.
AB 957, introduced by Assemblyman Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) with Sen. Wiener as principal co-author, purposes to amend section 3011 of California Family Code.
A Lagos lawmaker, Ganiyu Johnson, representing Oshodi Isolo II Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, sponsored the bill titled “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act, Cap.
All three school districts whose boundaries include the Chicago Bears' 326-acre Arlington Park property are now all on board in hiring a joint lobbyist to oppose, or at least amend, legislation that would give the franchise a massive tax break there.
Also, although it supported Bill 96 on reform of the Charter of the French Language, the left-wing party wanted to amend it if it came to power.
Among the proposed changes was a plan to amend the status of Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan region.
An application has now been made to amend or remove one of the conditions of the previous planning permission from 2002 to allow the holiday park to open year-round.
Anazor stated also that the NWC and the National Executive Committee should suspend any move to amend or recommend amendments to any provisions of the party’s Constitution.
A newly-announced piece of the legislation includes a bid to amend the Fair Work Act to protect bargained rates in enterprise agreements from being undercut by the use of labour hire.
Another measure, part of the budget implementation bill, gives the department the ability to enact emergency rule-making to amend the process around funding such health care, which is not something the department currently has the capability of doing.
As part of the plan, the government is encouraging the public to amend its behaviour patterns and avoid wasting national resources.
At its next meeting, the council will be asked to amend several sections of the ordinance to clarify those issues.
At this point, he sought to amend the records held for Patient A and deleted logs of a telephone consultation held between the two.
But, as No 10 prepares for crunch talks with the right-wingers over Christmas, senior Tory moderates told they were considering how to amend the bill to soften it.
Can I amend my Anchor application?
Chadchart said the BMA is looking to amend some laws to allow the City Hall to collect taxes from alternative sources, such as tobacco, hotels, and lodgings, as well as fuel consumption.
Councilman Jacob Fluty asked Councilwoman Beck why she didn’t amend her own motion after it failed to garner a second.
During the weekend vote on a controversial 'assault weapons' and rifle ban passed by the WA State Senate, one GOP legislator tried to amend it with school security options.
Common combinations with amend
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to amend 140×
- amend the 107×
- would amend 14×
- amend its 14×
- amend their 11×
- can amend 10×
- amend it 8×
- and amend 6×
- amend or 6×
- or amend 4×