English dictionary · verb

reform

to make changes in order to improve something

Meaning and definitions

1. to make changes in order to improve something

Connected roots

• re-

  back, again

• form-

  shape, form

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These words share a recorded root connection. A shared root is a learning clue; it does not establish every step in a word’s history.

• reduce

  to make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size

• formation

  The act of assembling a group or structure.

• refer

  to mention or allude to; to direct to a source for help

• formal

  In accordance with established forms.

• reflect

  to throw back light or heat; to think deeply

• reverse

  to move backward; to turn the other way around

• relate

  to make or show a connection between; to tell a story

• resist

  to withstand the action or effect of; to oppose

• retain

  to continue to have; to keep possession of

• react

  to respond to something

• inform

  To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).

• recipient

  a person who receives something

• respiratory

  relating to breathing

• restrict

  to put a limit on; to keep under control

• revive

  to restore to life or consciousness

• reside

  to have one's permanent home in a particular place

• formative

  Capable of forming something.

• revolve

  to move in a circle around a central point

• resonate

  to produce or be filled with a deep, full sound

• chloroform

  A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

• recede

  to go or move back or further away

• repulse

  to drive back an attack or attacker

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