🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Reform

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁeˈfɔʁm

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reform/rɪˈfɔːrm/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Reform des Gesundheitssystems ist dringend erforderlich."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of improving or amending what is wrong, corrupt, or unsatisfactory.

    "The government proposed a reform of the healthcare system to ensure better access for all citizens."
As verb
  1. 1

    To make changes in something in order to improve it.

    "The organization aims to reform the educational policies to enhance student learning outcomes."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'reform' originates from the Latin 'reformare', meaning 'to form again' or 'to reshape'. It entered Middle English through Old French in the late 14th century, evolving to signify the act of improving or amending something, particularly in a social or political context.

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