English-Thai Dictionary

amendment

N การพัฒนา ขึ้น  การปรับปรุง ขึ้น  improvement kan-tha-na-di-khuen

 

amendment

N การ แก้ไข  correction revision kan-kae-kai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMENDMENT

n. 1. An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or faults; reformation of life, by quitting vices.
2. A word, clause or paragraph, added or proposed to be added to a bill before a legislature.
3. In law, the correction of an error in a writ or process.
Shakespeare uses it for the recovery of health, but this sense is unusual.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMENDMENT

A *mend "ment, n. Etym: [F. amendement, LL. amendamentum.]

 

1. An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

 

2. In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: Correction of an error in a writ or process.

 

Syn. -- Improvement; reformation; emendation.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

amendment

a mend ment |əˈmen (d )mənt əˈmɛn (d )mənt | ▶noun a minor change in a document. • a change or addition to a legal or statutory document: an amendment to existing bail laws. • ( Amendment ) an article added to the US Constitution: the First Amendment. • something that is added to soil in order to improve its texture or fertility. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘improvement, correction ’): from Old French amendement, from amender (see amend ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

amendment

amend |ment |əˈmɛn (d )m (ə )nt | ▶noun a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc.: an amendment to existing bail laws. • ( Amendment ) an article added to the US Constitution: the First Amendment. • something which is added to soil in order to improve its texture or fertility. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘improvement, correction ’): from Old French amendement, from amender (see amend ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

amendment

amendment noun Parliament approved an amendment to the Constitution: revision, alteration, change, modification, qualification, adaptation, adjustment; edit, editing, rewrite, rewriting, redraft, redrafting, recasting, rephrasing, rewording, reworking, reform; update, revamp, reshaping; correction, emendation, improvement, enhancement, clarification.

 

Duden Dictionary

Amendment

Amend ment Substantiv, Neutrum Rechtswissenschaft , das Amendement |əˈmɛndmənt |das Amendment; Genitiv: des Amendments, Plural: die Amendments französisch -englisch 1 a Änderungsantrag zu einem Gesetzentwurf b Gesetz zur Änderung oder Ergänzung eines bereits erlassenen Gesetzes 2 Berichtigung oder Änderung der von einer Partei dargelegten Tatsachen, Behauptungen usw. im Verlauf eines gerichtlichen Verfahrens

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

amendment

a mend ment /əmén (d )mənt /名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 U C 【法律 規則などへの 】修正 , 変更 ; 修正案 [条項 ] «to » ; U 修正すること ▸ move [propose ] an amendment to the budget 予算修正案を提起する 2 C 【原稿などへの 】訂正, 改変, 改良 «to » ▸ make amendments to the manuscript 原稿を修正する 3 〖A- 〗(合衆国憲法の )修正条項 [箇条 ]▸ violate the right to free speech secured by the First Amendment 合衆国憲法修正第1条によって保証された言論の自由を侵害する