noun🔗ShareThe act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement."The editor made several emendations to the manuscript before it was sent to the printer, improving clarity and accuracy. "grammarlanguagewritingeducationChat 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."languagewritingliteraturegrammarwordhistorycommunicationeducationChat 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."sciencebiologylanguagewritingwordorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
