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reform
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 reform
A change for the better as a result of correcting abuses.
Roget 658:
improvement;
amelioration,
melioration;
betterment;
mend,
amendment,
emendation;
mending
etc.
v.;
advancement;
advance
etc.
(progress)
282;
ascent
etc.
305;
promotion,
preferment;
elevation
etc.
307;
increase
etc.
35;
cultivation,
civilization;
culture,
march of intellect;
menticulture†;
race-culture,
eugenics.
reform,
reformation;
revision,
radical reform;
second thoughts,
correction,
limoe labor [Lat.],
refinement,
elaboration;
purification
etc.
652;
oxidation;
repair
etc.
(restoration)
660;
recovery
etc.
660.
revise,
new edition.
reformer,
radical.
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Nederlands: hervorming
Pools: reforma, reformowanie
2 reform
A campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices.
3 reform
Self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice.
werkwoord
1 reform
Make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices.
Roget 144:
be converted into;
become,
get,
wax;
come to,
turn to,
turn into,
evolve into,
develop into;
turn out,
lapse,
shift;
run into,
fall into,
pass into,
slide into,
glide into,
grow into,
ripen into,
open into,
resolve itself into,
settle into,
merge into,
emerge as;
melt,
grow,
come round to,
mature,
mellow;
assume the form of,
assume the shape of,
assume the state of,
assume the nature of,
assume the character of;
illapse†;
begin a new phase,
assume a new phase,
undergo a change.
convert into,
resolve into;
make,
render;
mold,
form
etc.
240;
remodel,
new model,
refound†,
reform,
reorganize;
assimilate to,
bring to,
reduce to.
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Nederlands: hervormen, reformeren
2 reform
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.
synoniemen: reclaim, rectify, regenerate.
Roget 658:
improve;
be better,
become better,
get better;
mend,
amend.
advance
etc.
(progress)
282;
ascend
etc.
305;
increase
etc.
35;
fructify,
ripen,
mature;
pick up,
come about,
rally,
take a favorable turn;
turn over a new leaf,
turn the corner;
raise one's head,
sow one's wild oats;
recover
etc.
660.
be better
etc.
adj.,
be improved by;
turn to right account,
turn to good account,
turn to best account;
profit by,
reap the benefit of;
make good use of,
make capital out of;
place to good account.
render better,
improve,
mend,
amend,
better;
ameliorate,
meliorate;
correct;
decrassify†.
improve upon,
refine upon;
rectify;
enrich,
mellow,
elaborate,
fatten.
promote,
cultivate,
advance,
forward,
enhance;
bring forward,
bring on;
foster
etc.
707;
invigorate
etc.
(strengthen)
159.
touch up,
rub up,
brush up,
furbish up,
bolster up,
vamp up,
brighten up,
warm up;
polish,
cook,
make the most of,
set off to advantage;
prune;
repair
etc.
(restore)
660;
put in order
etc.
(arrange)
60.
review,
revise;
make corrections,
make improvements
etc.
n.;
doctor
etc.
(remedy)
662;
purify,
etc.
652.
relieve,
refresh,
infuse new blood into,
recruit.
reform,
remodel,
reorganize;
new model.
view in a new light,
think better of,
appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober.
palliate,
mitigate;
lessen an evil
etc.
36.
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3 reform
4 reform
Break up the molecules of.
5 reform
Improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition.
6 reform
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