Past tense of amend
regular verb
The past tense of amend is amended. The past participle is also amended.
Forms of amend
| Base form (V1) | amend /əˈmɛnd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | amended |
| Past participle (V3) | amended |
| Present participle | amending |
| Third person singular | amends /əˈmɛndz/ |
Amended in a sentence
- We amended the rules so that we could admit 20 more members to the club.
- We voted on the amended bill, and it passed.From the entry amended
- The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, frequently amended, remains an important weapon in the federal government's antihacker arsenal.From the entry antihacker
- Please find attached the amended employment contract.From the entry please find attached
- DHS later amended its claims to reflect that only one person was in the van.2026 February 17, Aaron Blake, “The many claims by Trump’s DHS that have fallen apart”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2026. From the entry Anne Arundel County
Meaning of amend
- verb To make better; improve.
- verb To become better.
- verb To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
Questions about the past tense of amend
- What is the past tense of amend?
- The past tense of amend is amended.
- What is the past participle of amend?
- The past participle of amend is amended.
- Is amend a regular or irregular verb?
- Amend is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: amend (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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