English to English
noun
- a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
Justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
The reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians.
source: WordNet 3.0
- self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice
The family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
Reform a political system.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- produce by cracking
Reform gas.
source: WordNet 3.0
- break up the molecules of
Reform oil.
source: WordNet 3.0
- improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
Reform the health system in this country.
source: WordNet 3.0
- change for the better
The lazy student promised to reform.
The habitual cheater finally saw the light.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals.
source: Webster 1913
- To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will seldom reform.
source: Webster 1913
- To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re- form the line after a charge.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [rifórm] Pagbabago; pag-aayos
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [rifórm] Baguhin
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
