Synonym: change, convert, improve, revise. Similar words: care for, refer, refuge, refugee, reference, preference, reflection, form. Meaning: [rɪ'fɔrm /-'fɔːm] n. 1. a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses 2. a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices 3. self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice. v. 1. make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices 2. bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one 3. produce by cracking 4. break up the molecules of 5. improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition 6. change for the better.
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181, The letter was a mishmash of ill-fitting proposals taken from two different reform plans.
182, The party aims to attract votes from the business and professional communities, which want a faster pace of political reform.
183, Bradley was a major supporter of the 1986 tax reform plan.
184, Foreign funds alone are clearly not enough, nor are exhortations to reform.
185, An aid programme was established to oil the wheels of economic reform in the region.
186, We should try to reform criminals through labour rather than punish them.
187, The reform of society must be reconciled with the demands of ordinary people.
188, The criminal justice system is in need of urgent reform to prevent more people being wrongfully imprisoned.
189, They are anxious to ensure the continuation of the economic reform programme.
190, The education system in Britain was crying out for reform.
191, There was a big sigh of relief once the economic reform plan was agreed.
192, They classed as poor and lower-middle peasants at the time of the land reform.
193, They agree on fundamentals,(http://sentencedict.com/reform.html) like the need for further political reform.
194, The government now has the opportunity to grasp the nettle of prison reform.
195, When his court case was coming up, James promised to reform.
196, The group intends to petition Parliament for reform of the law.
197, Clear legislative reform is needed to overcome the inadequacies of the current situation.
198, It is successful for us to research on the reform of farm tools.
199, The government now has an opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to reform.
200, The reform of the economic structure rocketed the company's shares from RMB 25 yuan to 36 yuan.
201, The issue of land reform was one that dominated Hungary's parliamentary elections.
202, An overwhelming majority of the committee members went in for the currency reform.
203, The success of the economic reform lies on our effort.
204, We must reform the political abuses by every possible means.
205, The vote as good as kills the chance of real reform.
206, A war would inevitably set back the process of reform.
207, Educational reform was one of the main planks of their election campaign.
208, The law is morally indefensible and in need of reform.
209, They talked out that piece of reform at the last meeting in the House.
210, In the speech, the leader enunciated his party's proposals for tax reform.
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