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reform
[ ri-fawrm ]
noun
- the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.:
social reform; spelling reform.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
- an instance of this.
- the amendment of conduct, belief, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to change to a better state, form, etc.; improve by alteration, substitution, abolition, etc.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,
- to cause (a person) to abandon wrong or evil ways of life or conduct.
- to put an end to (abuses, disorders, etc.).
- Chemistry. to subject to the process of reforming, as in refining petroleum.
verb (used without object)
- to abandon evil conduct or error:
The drunkard promised to reform.
adjective
- (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of Reform Jews or Reform Judaism:
a Reform rabbi.
reform
/ ɪˈɔː /
verb
- tr to improve (an existing institution, law, practice, etc) by alteration or correction of abuses
- to give up or cause to give up a reprehensible habit or immoral way of life
- chem to change the molecular structure of (a hydrocarbon) to make it suitable for use as petrol by heat, pressure, and the action of catalysts
noun
- an improvement or change for the better, esp as a result of correction of legal or political abuses or malpractices
- a principle, campaign, or measure aimed at achieving such change
- improvement of morals or behaviour, esp by giving up some vice
Derived Forms
- ˈڴǰ, adjective
- ˈڴǰپ, adjective
- ˈڴǰ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ڴǰa· adjective
- ·ڴǰa·i·ٲ ·ڴǰa··ness noun
- ·ڴǰa·پ adjective
- ·ڴǰa·پ·ly adverb
- ·ڴǰa·پ·ness noun
- ·ڴǰiԲ· adverb
- t··ڴǰ adjective
- r·ڴǰ verb
- r·ڴǰ adjective
- r·ڴǰ adjective
- -·ڴǰ noun
- p··ڴǰ noun verb (used with object)
- un·ڴǰa· adjective
- un·ڴǰa·پ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of reform1
Example Sentences
For example, much to the chagrin of many Democrats, the parliamentarian ruled during the Biden administration that raising the minimum wage and implementing certain immigration reforms did not qualify.
The government said it had worked with UK car manufacturers to simultaneously "strengthen its commitment to the phase out" while introducing "practical reforms to support industry meet this ambition".
Since then, every Republican presidential candidate has vowed to reform higher education, with numerous attacking "Marxist" or "radical left" university faculty.
Greene, who is a member of the LGBT+ community, previously claimed he had been sacked from a front bench role at Holyrood over his support for gender recognition reform.
In the 1960s, the waning days of America’s liberal reform movement, Republicans presented themselves as the flinty-eyed bearers of realism.
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