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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | reformer, from Latin reformare, from formare 'to form' |
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re‧form1
1 [transitive] to improve a system, law, organization etc by making a lot of changes to it, so that it operates in a fairer or more effective way : plans to radically reform the tax system
plans to radically reform the tax system2 [intransitive and transitive] to change your behaviour and become a better person, or to make someone do this : a reformed criminal
a reformed criminalWORD FOCUS: change WORD FOCUS: change
to change something: alter, adapt, adjust, amend, modify, revise, vary
to change a system or organization: restructure, reorganize, reform
to change something completely: transform, revolutionize
to change facts or information, or change what someone has said: twist, distort, misrepresent
easily changed: flexible, adaptable
impossible to change: fixed, final, irrevocable
➔ See also change
WORD FOCUS: change to change something: alter, adapt, adjust, amend, modify, revise, vary
to change a system or organization: restructure, reorganize, reform
to change something completely: transform, revolutionize
to change facts or information, or change what someone has said: twist, distort, misrepresent
easily changed: flexible, adaptable
impossible to change: fixed, final, irrevocable
➔ See also change
