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reformation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reformatio, reformationis (“reform, change”), from ref?rm? (“transform, reshape”), from re- + f?rm? (“shape, form”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???f??me??n?/
- (US) IPA(key): /???f??me??n?/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
reformation (countable and uncountable, plural reformations)
- An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social, political or religious affairs or in the conduct of persons or operation of organizations.
- 1590, Sir Philip Sidney, Book 2:
- […] olde men long nusled in corruption, scorning them that would seeke reformation […]
- ca. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, Act I, sc. 2:
- And like bright metal on a sullen ground,
- My reformation, glittering o'er my fault,
- Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes
- Than that which hath no foil to set it off.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, "Of Innovation"
- It is good also, not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident; and well to beware, that it be the reformation, that draweth on the change, and not the desire of change, that pretendeth the reformation.
- 1677, John Dryden, The State of Innocence and the Fall of Man, Author's Apology:
- […] satire lashes vice into reformation, and humour represents folly so as to render it ridiculous.
- 1590, Sir Philip Sidney, Book 2:
- (law) Change or correction, by a court in equity, to a written instrument to conform to the original intention of the parties.
- 1893, Christopher Gustavus Tiedeman, A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, Chapter XXIX, §507 (footnotes omitted):
- All sorts of legal instruments may be reformed by equity, when the errors, which have been committed in the execution of them, are mutual mistakes or a mistake of one party combined with the fraud of the other. Thus, reformation has been decreed of all kinds of deeds of conveyance, including leases, mortgages, deeds of trust, marriage and family settlements. Likewise, bonds of all kinds, policies of insurance, assignments or release of mortgages, executory contracts for the sale of lands, the indorsement of a note, agreements for the establishment of a highway, military orders. So may, also, judgments and other records be corrected or be reformed.
- 1893, Christopher Gustavus Tiedeman, A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, Chapter XXIX, §507 (footnotes omitted):
Translations
Further reading
- Protestant Reformation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
re- +? formation
Pronunciation
Noun
reformation f (plural reformations)
- re-formation
See also
- réformation
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reform
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)
- 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.
- 19 February 2011, Barack Obama, Presidential Weekly Address, America Will Win the Future
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)
- (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"
- 15 January 2018, Adebisi Onanuga and Robert Egbe in The Nation, ‘How we stopped DPP’s office from being used to settle scores’
- (intransitive) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits
- (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- reform
References
- “reform” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?f?rm/
Noun
reform c
- 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)
- reform
Further reading
- reform in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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