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- [uh-mend-muh nt]
- /əˈmɛnd mənt/
- /əˈmend.mənt/
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- [uh-mend-muh nt]
- /əˈmɛnd mənt/
Definitions of amendments word
- noun amendments the act of amending or the state of being amended. 1
- noun amendments an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc. 1
- noun amendments a change made by correction, addition, or deletion: The editors made few amendments to the manuscript. 1
- noun amendments Horticulture. a soil-conditioning substance that promotes plant growth indirectly by improving such soil qualities as porosity, moisture retention, and pH balance. 1
- noun amendments Plural form of amendment. 1
- noun amendments plural of amendment. 0
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Origin of amendments
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
First recorded in 1250-1300; Middle English word from Old French word amendement. See amend, -ment
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Parts of speech for Amendments
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amendments popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
amendments usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for amendments
noun amendments
- alterations — adjustments
- changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- reforms — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- acts — a book of the New Testament, ascribed to Luke
- clauses — Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
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