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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 |