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| Sounds | rahfao'rm; rihfao'rm |
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| Rhymes | barnstorm, brainstorm, chloroform, and 26 more rhymes in aorm at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A change for the better as a result of correcting abuses. |
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| Examples | "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts" |
| Narrower | land reform; moralization, moralisation; housecleaning |
| Broader | improvement |
| Verbs | reform; reform |
| Meaning | A campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices. |
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| Examples | "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians" |
| Broader | campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort |
| Verbs | reform |
| Meaning | Self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice. |
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| Examples | "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform" |
| Broader | self-improvement, self-reformation |
| Verbs | reform; reform |
| Meaning | Make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "reform a political system" |
| Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate |
| Similar to | reform |
| Nouns | reform; reform; reformation; reformer, reformist |
| 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 | "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct" |
| Synonyms | reclaim, regenerate, rectify |
| Narrower | moralize, moralise |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Similar to | reform, straighten out, see the light |
| Nouns | reform; reformation; reformist |
| Meaning | Produce by cracking. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "reform gas" |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science |
| Broader | create from raw material, create from raw stuff |
| Meaning | Break up the molecules of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "reform oil" |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science |
| Broader | change integrity |
| Nouns | reformer |
| Meaning | Improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "reform the health system in this country" |
| Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate |
| Similar to | reform |
| Nouns | reform; reformation; reformist |
| Meaning | Change for the better. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "The lazy student promised to reform" |
| Synonyms | straighten out, see the light |
| Broader | better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate |
| Similar to | reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify |
| Nouns | reform; reformation |