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Common collocations with amendment in American Collocation

amendment noun

US /əˈmendmənt/

major

key
radical
significant
substantial
substantive

The Energy Bill has completed its committee stage in Congress, with very few substantive amendments.

minor

minor
slight

You should therefore be aware that the attached literature may be subject to minor amendments prior to the launch date.

additional

additional
consequent
further
subsequent

This decision is made in accordance with the 1997 Education Act and subsequent amendments.

to the law

constitutional
legislative

Each constitutional amendment dealt only with specific issues, rather than the Constitution in its totality.

not final

draft

The party primarily opposes three aspects of the draft amendment.

suggest or support

back
draft
introduce
propose
submit
suggest
support
table

The bill needs three kinds of safeguard, and I have tabled amendments on three things.

make

accept
adopt
agree
approve
make
pass

The Committee examines the bill line by line and can make amendments.

oppose or stop

defeat
oppose
reject

For those reasons, I would urge Parliament to reject the amendment.

need

require

Early estimates suggest that more than twenty major provisions may require significant amendment.

bill
clause
constitution
directive
draft
law
legislation
motion
regulation
rule

The bill provides for unknown and unlimited future amendments to the constitution.