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