English to English
reform
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noun (n)
- a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses(noun.act)Example:
Justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts.
source: wordnet30 - a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices(noun.act)Example:
The reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians.
source: wordnet30 - self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice(noun.act)Example:
The family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform.
source: wordnet30 - Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices(verb.change)Example:
Reform a political system.
source: wordnet30 - bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one(verb.change)Example:
The Church reformed me.
Reform your conduct.
source: wordnet30 - produce by cracking(verb.change)Example:
Reform gas.
source: wordnet30 - break up the molecules of(verb.change)Example:
Reform oil.
source: wordnet30 - improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition(verb.change)Example:
Reform the health system in this country.
source: wordnet30 - change for the better(verb.change)Example:
The lazy student promised to reform.
source: wordnet30 - To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals.(verb)source: webster1913
- To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will seldom reform.(verb)source: webster1913
- To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re- form the line after a charge.(verb)source: webster1913