Some people want to amend the constitution.
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Amend
Synonyms for "amend" (132 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (66)
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5 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
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15 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
95 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- حَسَّنَ verb (to make better)
- حَسُنَ verb (to become better)
Bulgarian
4 entries- кориги́рам verb (to make a formal alteration)
- подобрявам verb (to make better)
- подобрявам се verb (to become better)
- поправям verb (to make better)
Catalan
1 entries- esmenar verb (to make better)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 修改 verb (to make better)
- 修正 verb (to make better)
- 改正 verb (to make better)
Cornish
2 entries- amendya verb (to make better)
- amendya verb (to make a formal alteration)
Czech
4 entries- napravit verb (to make a formal alteration)
- napravit se verb (to become better)
- napravovat verb (to make a formal alteration)
- napravovat se verb (to become better)
Dutch
4 entries- aanpassen verb (to make better)
- amenderen verb (to make a formal alteration)
- corrigeren verb (to make better)
- verbeteren verb (to make better)
Esperanto
1 entries- amendi verb (to make a formal alteration)
Finnish
4 entries- korjaantua verb (to become better)
- korjata verb (to make better)
- muuttaa verb (to make a formal alteration)
- parantaa verb (to make better)
French
1 entries- amender verb (to make better)
German
4 entries- ausbessern verb (to make better)
- novellieren verb (to make a formal alteration)
- verbessern verb (to make better)
- verbessern verb (to become better)
Hungarian
1 entries- helyesbít verb (to make a formal alteration)
Irish
3 entries- ceartaigh verb (to make better)
- leasaigh verb (to make better)
- leasaigh verb (to make a formal alteration)
Italian
4 entries- correggere verb (to make better)
- emendare verb (to make a formal alteration)
- migliorare verb (to make better)
- migliorarsi verb (to become better)
Japanese
3 entries- 修正する verb (to make better)
- 改める verb (to make better)
- 改正する verb (to make better)
Latin
1 entries- emendo verb (to make better)
Macedonian
2 entries- и́справи verb (to make better)
- по́добри verb (to make better)
Māori
4 entries- haukaha verb (to make better)
- menemana verb (to make better)
- menemana verb (to make a formal alteration)
- tapi verb (to make better)
Norman
1 entries- amender verb (to make better)
Polish
4 entries- poprawiać verb (to make better)
- poprawiać verb (to make a formal alteration)
- poprawiać się verb (to become better)
- poprawić verb (to make better)
Portuguese
3 entries- emendar verb (to make a formal alteration)
- melhorar verb (to make better)
- melhorar verb (to become better)
Russian
4 entries- вноси́ть измене́ния verb (to make a formal alteration)
- вноси́ть попра́вки verb (to make a formal alteration)
- исправля́ть verb (to make better)
- исправля́ться verb (to become better)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- poboljšati verb (to make better)
Spanish
3 entries- enmendar verb (to make better)
- enmendar verb (to make a formal alteration)
- remendar verb (to make better)
Swedish
4 entries- förbättra verb (to make better)
- korrigera verb (to make a formal alteration)
- redigera verb (to make a formal alteration)
- ändra verb (to make a formal alteration)
Turkish
4 entries- düzelmek verb (to become better)
- düzeltmek verb (to make better)
- iyileşmek verb (to become better)
- iyileştirmek verb (to make better)
Ukrainian
3 entries- виправля́ти verb (to make better)
- вно́сити змі́ни verb (to make a formal alteration)
- покра́щувати verb (to make better)
Welsh
2 entries- cywirio verb (to make better)
- gwella verb (to make better)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The Diet is likely to amend this unpopular law.
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Together, the developers may amend this constitution, provided a 3:1 majority is in agreement.
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We'll need to amend the contract so that we can pay you more.
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