NOUN | act | reform | a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses |
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act | reform | a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices | |
act | reform | self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice / vice | |
VERB | change | reform | make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices |
change | reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | |
change | reform | produce by cracking | |
change | reform | break up the molecules of | |
change | reform | improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition | |
change | reform, straighten out, see the light | change for the better |
Sounds | rahfao'rm; rihfao'rm | |
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Rhymes | barnstorm ... windstorm: 29 rhymes with aorm... |
Meaning | A change for the better as a result of correcting abuses. | |
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Example | "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts" | |
Narrower | housecleaning | (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions |
land reform | A redistribution of agricultural land (especially by government action) | |
moralization, moralisation | The act of making moral (or more moral) | |
Broader | improvement | The act of improving something |
Spanish | reforma | |
Catalan | reforma | |
Verbs | reform | make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices |
reform | improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition |
Meaning | A campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices. | |
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Example | "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians" | |
Broader | campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort | A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end |
Spanish | reforma | |
Catalan | reforma | |
Verbs | reform | make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices |
Meaning | self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice / vice. | |
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Example | "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform" | |
Broader | self-improvement, self-reformation | The act of improving yourself |
Verbs | reform | change for the better |
reform | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one |
Meaning | make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "reform a political system" | |
Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
Similar to | reform | improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition |
Spanish | reformar, remodelar | |
Catalan | reformar, remodelar | |
Adjectives | reformative | tending to reform |
Nouns | reform | a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses |
reform | a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices | |
reformation | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course | |
reformer, reformist | a disputant who advocates reform |
Meaning | Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Examples |
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Synonyms | reclaim, regenerate, rectify | |
Narrower | moralize, moralise | improve the morals of |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Similar to | reform, straighten out, see the light | change for the better |
Catalan | reformar, regenerar | |
Adjectives | reformative, reformatory | tending to reform |
Nouns | reform | self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice / vice |
reformation | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course | |
reformist | a disputant who advocates reform |
Meaning | produce by cracking. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "reform gas" | |
Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
Broader | create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch |
Meaning | Break up the molecules of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "reform oil" | |
Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
Spanish | cambiar de forma, reformar | |
Nouns | reformer | an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel |
Meaning | improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "reform the health system in this country" | |
Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
Similar to | reform | make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices |
Spanish | reformar | |
Catalan | reformar | |
Nouns | reform | a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses |
reformation | improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc. | |
reformist | a disputant who advocates reform |
Meaning | change for the better. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Example | "The lazy student promised to reform" | |
Synonyms | straighten out, see the light | |
Broader | better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate | Get better |
Similar to | reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify | Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one |
Spanish | corregirse, enmendarse, reformarse, reformar, ver la luz | |
Catalan | esmenar-se, reformar-se | |
Adjectives | reformatory | tending to reform |
Nouns | reform | self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice / vice |
reformation | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course |
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