reform

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English

Etymology

From Middle English reformen, from Old French reformer, from Latin reformo, reformare. As a noun since 1660s, from French réforme.

Pronunciation

• ("to form again"):
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːˈfɔɹm/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːˈfɔːm/
• (other senses):
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈfɔɹm/, /ɹəˈfɔɹm/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈfɔːm/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m

Noun

reform (countable and uncountable, plural reforms)

1. The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
   • 19 February 2011, Barack Obama, Presidential Weekly Address, America Will Win the Future

     […] over the past two years, my administration has made education a top priority. We’ve launched a competition called “Race to the Top” – a reform that is lifting academic standards and getting results; not because Washington dictated the answers, but because states and local schools pursued innovative solutions.

Synonyms

• reformation
• amendment
• rectification
• correction

Derived terms

Related terms

• reformation

Translations

Verb

reform (third-person singular simple present reforms, present participle reforming, simple past and past participle reformed)

1. (transitive) 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.
2. (intransitive) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To form again or in a new configuration.

Alternative forms

• re-form

Synonyms

• (put into a better condition): amend, correct, rectify, mend, repair, better, improve, restore, reclaim

Translations

References

“reform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Wells, John, Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, →ISBN, page 640

Further reading

• "reform" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 262.

Anagrams

• former

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈfɔrm/, [ʁɛˈfɒˀm]

Noun

reform c (singular definite reformen, plural indefinite reformer)

1. reform

Declension

References

• “reform” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “reform” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Hungarian

Etymology

From English reform and German Reform, from French réforme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛform]
• Hyphenation: re‧form
• Rhymes: -orm

Noun

reform (plural reformok)

1. reform

   Synonym: újítás

Declension

References

Further reading

• reform in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French réforme.

Noun

reform m (definite singular reformen, indefinite plural reformer, definite plural reformene)

1. reform

Related terms

• reformere

References

• “reform” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French réforme.

Noun

reform f (definite singular reforma, indefinite plural reformer, definite plural reformene)

1. reform

References

• “reform” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈfɔrm/

Noun

reform c

1. reform

Declension

Related terms

• högskolereform
• reformation
• reformator
• reformatorisk
• reformera
• reformist
• reformistisk
• reformutrymme
• stavningsreform

References

• reform in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• reform in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• reform in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• former

Turkish

Etymology

From French réforme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾɛˈfoɾm/

Noun

reform (definite accusative reformu, plural reformlar)

1. reform

Further reading

• “reform”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu