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English noun: reform | |||
| 1. | reform (act) a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses | ||
| Samples | Justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | improvement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | housecleaning, land reform, moralisation, moralization | ||
| 2. | reform (act) a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices | ||
| Samples | The reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement | ||
| 3. | reform (act) self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice | ||
| Samples | The family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | self-improvement, self-reformation | ||
English verb: reform | |||
| 1. | reform (change) make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices | ||
| Samples | Reform a political system. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate | ||
| Verb group | reform | ||
| 2. | reform (change) bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | ||
| Samples | The Church reformed me. Reform your conduct. | ||
| Synonyms | reclaim, rectify, regenerate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | moralise, moralize | ||
| Verb group | reform, see the light, straighten out | ||
| 3. | reform (change) produce by cracking | ||
| Samples | Reform gas. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create from raw material, create from raw stuff | ||
| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry | ||
| 4. | reform (change) break up the molecules of | ||
| Samples | Reform oil. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change integrity | ||
| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry | ||
| 5. | reform (change) improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition | ||
| Samples | Reform the health system in this country. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate | ||
| Verb group | reform | ||
| 6. | reform (change) change for the better | ||
| Samples | The lazy student promised to reform. The habitual cheater finally saw the light. | ||
| Synonyms | see the light, straighten out | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate | ||
| Verb group | reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate | ||
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