Dictionary entry details
• AMEND (verb)
Meaning:
Make amendments to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
amend the document
Hypernyms (to "amend" is one way to...):
revise (make revisions in)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
To make better
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
meliorate; improve; ameliorate; better; amend
Context example:
The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
Hypernyms (to "amend" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "amend"):
alleviate; assuage; palliate; relieve (provide physical relief, as from pain)
reform (improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition)
beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)
build (improve the cleansing action of)
hone; perfect (make perfect or complete)
down; fine-tune; polish; refine (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing)
distill; make pure; purify; sublimate (remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation)
fructify (make productive or fruitful)
lift; raise (invigorate or heighten)
advance (develop further)
upgrade (give better travel conditions to)
reform (make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices)
bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken)
enhance (make better or more attractive)
aid; help (improve the condition of)
regenerate; revitalize (restore strength)
enrich (make better or improve in quality)
build up; develop (change the use of and make available or usable)
turn around (cause to get better)
help (improve; change for the better)
upgrade (to improve what was old or outdated)
condition (put into a better state)
emend (make improvements or corrections to)
iron out; put right; straighten out (settle or put right)
educate (give an education to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Set straight or right
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
remediate; remedy; amend; rectify; repair
Context examples:
remedy these deficiencies / rectify the inequities in salaries / repair an oversight
Hypernyms (to "amend" is one way to...):
correct; rectify; right (make right or correct)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
