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• past tense form of amend.
• past participle of amend.

amended

American  

[uh-men-did] / əˈmɛn dɪd /

adjective

1. (of a motion, regulation, bill, etc.) altered, rephrased, etc., by a formal procedure.

   The amended legislation includes new provisions that will help reduce costs to consumers in the insurance marketplace.

2. (of behavior, attitude, etc.) changed for the better; improved.

   The priest's unconditional love inspired many prison inmates to live amended lives.

3. corrected or rectified.

   When the IRS rejected the unsigned form, the couple filed an amended tax return.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of amend.

Other Word Forms

• unamended
  adjective
• well-amended
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of amended

amend ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Explanation

Something that's been changed or revised is amended. An amended version of your English paper has been rewritten or edited in some way. An amended piece of writing is fixed, and an amended opinion is improved in some way. An amended speech might be modified so it's more focused than it was, and an amended viewpoint has shifted in some way. You'll often hear about amended laws or ordinances — these have also been changed, usually to make sure they're fair. You could even say that the US Constitution is an amended document, as it's been altered by many amendments over the years.

Example Sentences

Alex Norris Home Office minster of state told the Commons the government was "examining every option" and reiterated Ahmed could not be deported unless a 55-year-old law was amended.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026

In the years that followed, the American people abolished slavery, amended a constitution that had accommodated it, expanded civil and political rights that had long been denied to millions, and became a great multiethnic democracy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

Olguin ruled that the government’s allegations were “insufficient to establish that the Ordinance violates the intergovernmental immunity doctrine,” but granted the administration permission to file an amended complaint by July 3.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

Louisiana acknowledged that the treatment of Landor by prison guards was "antithetical to religious freedom" and amended its prison grooming policy.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

Well, I amended, they hadn’t exactly seen it, since enough of the original time travelers had had the conscience and forethought to realize what was happening and fix things before everything went too haywire.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Related Words

• cooked
• corrected
• modified
• transformed
• updated