The politician pushed for reform by denouncing the corruption of the government officials.
Source: tatoeba (2020)
Reform
//ˌɹiːˈfɔɹm//
Synonyms for "reform" (270 found)
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Strong matches (81)
deformdegenerationdegenerative changedelousedenaturedepuratedetergedeteriorationdeviationdifferencediscontinuitydissentdivergencediversificationdiversifydiversiondiversitydo penancedry cleandry-clean
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (135)
qualificationqualifyradical changeradical reformradicalismraisere createre creationre formre-createre-creationre-formreactivaterealignrealignmentrebirthrebuildreclaimreclamationreconstitute
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reconstructreconvertrecoverrecoveryrecrudescencerecruitrectifyredeemredemptionredesignredoreenactreestablishrefashionrefillrefinerefine uponrefitreformismregenerateregenerationrehabilitaterehabilitationreinstallreinstatereinstitutereintegratereinvestremakeremakingremedyremodelrenascencerenewrenewalrenovaterenovationreorganizationreorganizerepairrepentreplacereplenishreshapereshapingrestorerestore self-respectrestructurerestructuringreturnrevampreversalrevestreviserevisionismrevivalreviverevivificationrevolutionrevolutionizering the changessavescavengesee lightset straightshiftshift the sceneshuffle the cardssocializesprucesteam-cleanstraightenstraighten outsubvertsudden changesweep outsweetenswitchthink better oftidytotal changetransfiguretransformtransformationtransitionturnturn over a new leafturn the scaleturn the tablesturn the tideturn upside downturnaboutupgradeupheavalupliftutopianismvariationvarietyvaryviolent changewhitenwipewipe offwipe outwipe upwork a changeworsenworsening
Noun(2 words)
Verb(5 words)
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3 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
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5 entriesTranslations
152 translations across 75 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- reformë noun (amendment)
Arabic
1 entries- إِصْلَاح noun (amendment)
Armenian
2 entries- բարեփոխում noun (amendment)
- ռեֆորմ noun (amendment)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- islah noun (amendment)
- islahat noun (amendment)
- reforma noun (amendment)
Belarusian
2 entries- рэфо́рма noun (amendment)
- рэфармава́ць verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Bengali
1 entries- সংশোধন noun (amendment)
Bulgarian
4 entries- рефо́рма noun (amendment)
- обновявам verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
- поправям verb (to return to a good state)
- реформирам verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Burmese
1 entries- ပြုပြင် verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Catalan
2 entries- reforma noun (amendment)
- reformar verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Chinese
1 entries- 改革 noun (amendment)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 改革 noun (amendment)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 改革 noun (amendment)
- 改革 verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Cornish
1 entries- amendyans noun (amendment)
Czech
1 entries- reforma noun (amendment)
Danish
1 entries- reform noun (amendment)
Dutch
1 entries- reform noun (amendment)
Esperanto
1 entries- reformo noun (amendment)
Estonian
1 entries- reform noun (amendment)
Finnish
4 entries- reformi noun (amendment)
- uudistus noun (amendment)
- parantua verb (to return to a good state)
- uudistaa verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
French
2 entries- réforme noun (amendment)
- réformer verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Galician
2 entries- reforma noun (amendment)
- reformar verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Georgian
1 entries- რეფორმა noun (amendment)
German
2 entries- Reform noun (amendment)
- reformieren verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Greek
2 entries- αναμόρφωση noun (amendment)
- μεταρρύθμιση noun (amendment)
Hebrew
1 entries- רֶפוֹרְמָה noun (amendment)
Hindi
3 entries- इस्लाह noun (amendment)
- रिफ़ार्म noun (amendment)
- सुधार noun (amendment)
Hungarian
1 entries- reform noun (amendment)
Icelandic
1 entries- endurbót noun (amendment)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- اِصْلاح noun (amendment)
- اِصْلاحات noun (amendment)
- رِفُرْم noun (amendment)
Irish
3 entries- leasú noun (amendment)
- leasaigh verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
- leasaigh verb (to return to a good state)
Italian
4 entries- riforma noun (amendment)
- correggere verb (to return to a good state)
- migliorare verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
- ravvedersi verb (to return to a good state)
Japanese
1 entries- 改革 noun (amendment)
Kazakh
1 entries- реформа noun (amendment)
Khmer
2 entries- ការកែទំរង់ noun (amendment)
- កែទំរង់ verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Korean
1 entries- 개혁 noun (amendment)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- реформа noun (amendment)
- ыслат noun (amendment)
Lao
2 entries- ການປະຕິຮູບ noun (amendment)
- ປະຕິຮູບ verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Latin
3 entries- reformātiō noun (amendment)
- refōrma noun (amendment)
- ēmendō verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Latvian
1 entries- reforma noun (amendment)
Lithuanian
1 entries- reforma noun (amendment)
Macedonian
1 entries- рефо́рма noun (amendment)
Malay
2 entries- pembaharuan noun (amendment)
- reformasi noun (amendment)
Malayalam
2 entries- പരിഷ്ക്കാരം noun (amendment)
- പുനർരൂപീകരണം noun (amendment)
Middle English
2 entries- reformen verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
- reformen verb (to return to a good state)
Mongolian
2 entries- шинэчлэл noun (amendment)
- шинэчлэх verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Māori
1 entries- Riwhōma noun (Translations)
Norman
1 entries- r'forme noun (amendment)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- islah noun (amendment)
- nûsazî noun (amendment)
- reform noun (amendment)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- reform noun (amendment)
Occitan
2 entries- reforma noun (amendment)
- reformar verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Pashto
3 entries- اصلاح noun (amendment)
- رفورم noun (amendment)
- رېفورم noun (amendment)
Polish
3 entries- reforma noun (amendment)
- reformować verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
- zreformować verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Portuguese
2 entries- reforma noun (amendment)
- reformar verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Romanian
1 entries- reformă noun (amendment)
Russian
3 entries- преобразова́ние noun (amendment)
- рефо́рма noun (amendment)
- реформи́ровать verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- ath-leasachadh noun (amendment)
- ath-leasaich verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
- ath-leasaich verb (to return to a good state)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- rèfōrma noun (amendment)
- рѐфо̄рма noun (amendment)
- reformírati verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
- reformírati verb (to return to a good state)
Slovak
1 entries- reforma noun (amendment)
Slovene
1 entries- reforma noun (amendment)
Spanish
3 entries- reforma noun (amendment)
- reformar verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
- reformar verb (to return to a good state)
Swedish
3 entries- reform noun (amendment)
- reformera verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
- reformera verb (to return to a good state)
Tagalog
2 entries- mulinyo noun (amendment)
- reporma noun (amendment)
Tajik
3 entries- ислоҳ noun (amendment)
- ислоҳот noun (amendment)
- реформа noun (amendment)
Tamil
1 entries- சீர்திருத்தம் noun (amendment)
Thai
3 entries- การปฏิรูป noun (amendment)
- การปรับปรุง noun (amendment)
- ปฏิรูป verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Tibetan
1 entries- ལེགས་བཅོས་གཏོང verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Turkish
4 entries- devrim noun (amendment)
- inkılap noun (amendment)
- reform noun (amendment)
- düzeltmek verb (to return to a good state)
Turkmen
1 entries- reforma noun (amendment)
Ukrainian
2 entries- рефо́рма noun (amendment)
- реформува́ти verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Urdu
1 entries- اِصْلاح noun (amendment)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئىسلاھات noun (amendment)
Uzbek
4 entries- isloh noun (amendment)
- islohot noun (amendment)
- reforma noun (amendment)
- isloh qilmoq verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cải cách noun (amendment)
- cải cách verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Volapük
2 entries- votastid noun (amendment)
- votastidön verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Yiddish
2 entries- רעפֿאָרם noun (amendment)
- רעפֿאָרמירן verb (to put into a new and improved form or condition)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
It should be clear that the curriculum reform is mandatory in order to enhance interdisciplinary research.
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In the main, I am in favor of political reform if meaningful changes are made.
Source: tatoeba (28196)
We should reform this law.
Source: tatoeba (57139)
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