noun🔗ShareThe act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement."The editor's emendation of the manuscript improved the clarity and flow of the story. "languagewritingliteraturegrammarlinguisticseducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAlteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document."The book might be improved by judicious emendations."languagewritingliteraturegrammarlinguisticstechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed."The genus name Uramyia is an unjustified emendation of Uramya even though it uses a better transliteration of the Greek word μυῖα."sciencebiologylanguagewritingwordlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
