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# reform

verb (reform, reforms, reformed, reforming); noun (a reform, reforms)

«reform» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To change and improve a system, law or organisation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reform/#m1)
2. To change your behaviour and become a better person: a reformed thief. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reform/#m2)
3. (noun) A change that improves something: school reforms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reform/#m3)
4. (re-form, with hyphen) To form again: the line re-formed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reform/#m4)

### In the lessons

In history and citizenship lessons, reforms changed laws about voting and child workers. In stories, a villain reforms. Phrases: reform the law, political reform, a reformed character.

### Examples

- The government wants to reform the schools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reform/#x1)
- Laws were reformed so children couldn't work in mines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reform/#x2)
- The thief reformed and became honest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reform/#x3)
- Voting reform gave more people a vote. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reform/#x4)
- He is a reformed character now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reform/#x5)
- The class re-formed into a line after break. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reform/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb: reformed. Noun for the movement: reformation. Person: reformer. Watch «re-form» (form again) with a hyphen.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «reform» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reform/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«reform» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reform.html) on Mova free.