reform
verb
[ rɪˈfɔːm ]
• make changes in (something, especially an institution or practice) in order to improve it.
• "the Bill will reform the tax system"
Similar:
improve,
make better,
better,
ameliorate,
refine,
mend,
rectify,
correct,
rehabilitate,
alter,
make alterations to,
change,
adjust,
make adjustments to,
adapt,
amend,
revise,
recast,
reshape,
refashion,
redesign,
restyle,
revamp,
renovate,
rework,
redo,
remake,
rebuild,
reconstruct,
remodel,
make over,
remould,
reorganize,
revolutionize,
reorient,
reorientate,
vary,
transform,
convert,
customize,
tailor,
permute,
permutate,
• subject (hydrocarbons) to a catalytic process in which straight-chain molecules are converted to branched forms for use as petrol.
reform
noun
• the action or process of reforming an institution or practice.
• "the reform of the divorce laws"
Similar:
improvement,
betterment,
amelioration,
refinement,
rectification,
correction,
rehabilitation,
alteration,
change,
adjustment,
adaptation,
amendment,
revision,
recasting,
reshaping,
refashioning,
redesigning,
restyling,
revamp,
revamping,
renovation,
reworking,
redoing,
remake,
rebuilding,
reconstruction,
remodelling,
makeover,
remoulding,
reorganizing,
reorganization,
reorienting,
reorientation,
transformation,
conversion,
customizing,
tailoring,
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb in the senses ‘restore (peace)’ and ‘bring back to the original condition’): from Old French reformer or Latin reformare, from re- ‘back’ + formare ‘to form, shape’. The noun dates from the mid 17th century.
