different between reform vs rebel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French reformer, from Latin reformo, reformare. As a noun since 1660s, from French réforme.

Pronunciation

• ("to form again"):
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /??i??f??m/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??i??f??m/
• (other senses):
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /???f??m/, /???f??m/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???f??m/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m

Noun

reform (countable and uncountable, plural reforms)

1. The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
   • 19 February 2011, Barack Obama, Presidential Weekly Address, America Will Win the Future

     ...over the past two years, my administration has made education a top priority. We’ve launched a competition called “Race to the Top” – a reform that is lifting academic standards and getting results; not because Washington dictated the answers, but because states and local schools pursued innovative solutions.

Synonyms

• reformation
• amendment
• rectification
• correction

Derived terms

• monetary reform

Related terms

• reformation

Translations

Verb

reform (third-person singular simple present reforms, present participle reforming, simple past and past participle reformed)

1. (transitive) 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
   • 15 January 2018, Adebisi Onanuga and Robert Egbe in The Nation, ‘How we stopped DPP’s office from being used to settle scores’

     In this interview with Law Editors and Correspondents, he speaks on the gains of reforming the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), efforts to keep underage persons out of jail.

   • 1909, H. G. Wells, The History of Mr. Polly Chapter 9

   to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals; to reform a criminal

   • “There was always something a bit wrong with him,” she said, “but nothing you mightn’t have hoped for, not till they took him and carried him off and reformed him"
2. (intransitive) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits

3. (transitive, intransitive) To form again or in a new configuration.

   This product contains reformed meat.

Synonyms

• (put into a better condition): amend, correct, rectify, mend, repair, better, improve, restore, reclaim

Translations

References

reform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

• Wells, John, Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, ?ISBN, page 640

Further reading

• "reform" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 262.

Anagrams

• former

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?f?rm/, [???f??m]

Noun

reform c (singular definite reformen, plural indefinite reformer)

1. reform

Declension

References

• “reform” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “reform” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Hungarian

Etymology

From English reform and German Reform, from French réforme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?form]
• Hyphenation: re?form
• Rhymes: -orm

Noun

reform (plural reformok)

1. reform

   Synonym: újítás

Declension

References

Further reading

• reform in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French réforme

Noun

reform m (definite singular reformen, indefinite plural reformer, definite plural reformene)

1. reform

Related terms

• reformere

References

• “reform” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French réforme

Noun

reform f (definite singular reforma, indefinite plural reformer, definite plural reformene)

1. reform

References

• “reform” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?f?rm/

Noun

reform c

1. reform

Declension

Related terms

• högskolereform
• reformation
• reformator
• reformatorisk
• reformera
• reformist
• reformistisk
• reformutrymme
• stavningsreform

References

• reform in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Anagrams

• former

Turkish

Etymology

From French réforme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???fo?m/

Noun

reform (definite accusative reformu, plural reformlar)

1. reform

Further reading

• reform in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English rebel, rebell, from Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis (“waging war again; insurgent”), from rebell? (“I wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bell? (“I wage war”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?b??l, IPA^(key): /???b?l/

Noun

rebel (plural rebels)

1. A person who resists an established authority, often violently
2. (US) A person from the Confederate States of America

Related terms

• rebellion
• rebellious

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English rebellen, from Old French rebeller, from Latin rebell? (“I wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bell? (“I wage war”). Doublet of revel.

Pronunciation

• (URP) enPR: r?-b?l?, IPA^(key): /???b?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Verb

rebel (third-person singular simple present rebels, present participle rebelling, simple past and past participle rebelled)

1. (intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.

Synonyms

• defy

Antonyms

• obey
• submit

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin rebellis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r??b?l/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re?b?l/

Adjective

rebel (masculine and feminine plural rebels)

1. rebellious
2. persistent, stubborn

Noun

rebel m or f (plural rebels)

1. rebel

Related terms

• rebel·lar-se

Further reading

• “rebel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Noun

rebel m

1. rebel

Synonyms

• povstalec m

Dutch

Etymology

From Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis (“waging war again; insurgent”), from rebell? (“I wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bell? (“I wage war”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re?bel

Noun

rebel m (plural rebellen, diminutive rebelletje n)

1. rebel

Synonyms

• opstandeling

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis.

Alternative forms

• rebell, rebelle, rabell, reble, rebul, rebyll

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?b?l/, /?r?b?l/, /?r??b?l/

Noun

rebel (plural rebels or rebelx)

1. A sinner (as one who rebels against a deity)
2. (Late Middle English) A rebel (combatant against the extant government)
3. (Late Middle English) One who refuses to follow directives or regulations; a rulebreaker.
4. (Late Middle English, rare) An uprising or revolt against one's authorities.
5. (Late Middle English, rare) One's opponent; an opposing individual.

Derived terms

• rebellen
• rebellioun
• rebellious
• rebelnes
• rebelloure
• rebellyng
• rebelte

Descendants

• English: rebel
• Scots: rebel

References

• “rebel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.
• “rebel, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.

Adjective

rebel

1. Revolting, treasonous, rebelling; leading an insurrection or fighting authorities.
2. Sinful, iniquitous; defying the words or commands of a divine authority.
3. Showing disobedience, undutiful; refusing to follow orders, laws, or rules.
4. (rare) Refractory, set in one's ways or opinions.
5. (rare) Impatient, overly hurried or quick.

References

• “rebel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.

Etymology 2

From Old French rebeller.

Verb

rebel

1. Alternative form of rebellen

Romanian

Etymology

From French rebelle, from Latin Rebelle.

Adjective

rebel m or n (feminine singular rebel?, masculine plural rebeli, feminine and neuter plural rebele)

1. rebel, insurgent

Declension