reform
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3.8
- noun
- /rɪˈfɔrm/
:
reforma
- True reform cannot occur in West Africa unless our message is heard.
- call for reform
- implement reforms
- education reform
They came very close to passing reforms, but ultimately it failed.
- They came very close to passing reforms, but ultimately it failed.
- You need both reforms and investments and growth.
- Drug legalization, criminal justice reform, the rights of those with mental illness.
- The state constitution can put in place reforms on both state and local governments.
- Far too much of school reform has been anecdotal.
- You have to participate and complain to make reforms real.
- And they couldn't get that done in terms of structural reforms to democracy.
- If there's ever going to be positive campaign reform, Hank, your legacy lives on.
- But the economic reforms did continue.
- And how, if there are successful reforms that have been identified, are they scalable?
- All income brackets benefited substantially from Trump's tax reforms.
- They have had a whole laundry list of reforms.
- But state and local governments are a really interesting place for reform.
- So by that effect the the political reform was not proper.
- I think we're going to have another a huge amount of reform characters and councillors.
Examples
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Speaker, planning laws need reforms and so too do employment rules.
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They came very close to passing reforms, but ultimately it failed.
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"governor signs prison reform act."
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I just finished that book you suggested on social reform.
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The healthcare reform continues to heat up in congress, but at what cost to the industry?
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How can we move from the reform treaty to economic reform?
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As such, the current model of educational reform cannot fail; it can only be failed.
Academic text (2015) -
In 2001, President Bush announced his presidency with sweeping education reform.
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The current focus of concerns is the NHS reforms that are being debated in Parliament.
Academic text (2011) -
The government is planning a new reform aimed at improving the public education system.
Synonyms
54
4.2
Changing how a company or system is organized to make it work better
27
3.7
Major changes to how a company or group is set up
6
6.1
Major changes in an organization or system to make it better
1
5.0
Changing something so it becomes better or works differently
Antonyms
43
5.9
A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse
Compounds
12
3.4
Changes to make a country's health care system better and help more people get care
- Archaic
10
6.8
A school where young people who break the law learn rules and work skills
5
4.2
Government action that takes farm land from large owners and gives it to small farmers
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5.0
A modern branch of Judaism that treats tradition in a more open, flexible way to fit modern life
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
A reform comes from re- ('again') and formare ('to shape'), the same root as form, so a reform is a 'reshaping' of a law or system and a planned change to make things better.