{
    "term": "amendment",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small change or improvement that is made to a document or proposed new law; the process of changing a document or proposed new law",
            "sensetop": "amendment to something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **introduce/propose/table an amendment** *(= to suggest it)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Parliament passed the bill without further amendment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She made several minor amendments to her essay.",
                    "contextForm": "amendment to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In total 217 MPs backed the rebel amendment opposing the government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "On a free vote, the amendment was carried by 292 votes to 246."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Parliament accepted the amendment and the bill was passed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She withdrew her amendment and left the meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Senate added numerous amendments to the bill."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new clause was accepted without amendment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The programme is subject to amendment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an amendment to the Clean Water Act"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["important", "major", "significant"],
                "verb + amendment": ["introduce", "make", "draft"],
                "amendment + verb": [
                    "pass (something)",
                    "ban something",
                    "outlaw something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["without amendment", "amendment to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a statement of a change to the Constitution of the US",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is simply exercising his First-Amendment rights."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a call to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have proposed an amendment to the federal constitution."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["important", "major", "significant"],
                "verb + amendment": ["introduce", "make", "draft"],
                "amendment + verb": [
                    "pass (something)",
                    "ban something",
                    "outlaw something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["without amendment", "amendment to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈmendmənt/",
                "audio": "am/amendment/amendment__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈmendmənt/",
                "audio": "am/amendment/amendment__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘improvement, correction’): from Old French amendement, from amender, based on Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + menda ‘a fault’."
}