amend
To make minor changes to improve or correct something
Examples
In a meeting
“We need to amend the contract to reflect the new timeline.”
Over coffee
“I'd like to amend my earlier statement—I was wrong about the date.”
Why this word
change
amend specifically means making formal improvements or corrections to documents/laws, while change is generic about alteration
revise
amend implies formal modification to improve or correct, often in legal contexts, while revise is broader about reviewing and changing
fix
amend is formal language for officially correcting or improving, while fix is informal and suggests repair
Usage tip
Implies improvement or correction, not complete rewriting—smaller changes than 'revise'
Etymology
Latin: emendare (e- 'out' + menda 'fault')
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