{
    "term": "amend",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "amend",
            "heSheIt": "amends"
        },
        "pastSimple": "amended",
        "pastParticiple": "amended",
        "ingForm": "amending"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to change a law, document, statement, etc. slightly in order to correct a mistake or to improve it",
            "sensetop": "amend something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He asked to see the amended version."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The law has been amended to read as follows:…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Parliament will vote to amend the constitution."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈmend/",
                "audio": "am/amend/amend__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈmendz/",
                "audio": "am/amend/amends__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈmendɪd/",
                "audio": "am/amend/amended__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈmendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "am/amend/amending__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈmend/",
                "audio": "am/amend/amend__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈmendz/",
                "audio": "am/amend/amends__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈmendɪd/",
                "audio": "am/amend/amended__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈmendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "am/amend/amending__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French amender, based on Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + menda ‘a fault’."
}