- 1[transitive] reform something to improve a system, an organization, a law, etc. by making changes to it proposals to reform Social Security The law needs to be reformed. a reforming administration
- 2[intransitive, transitive] to improve your behavior; to make someone do this He has promised to reform. reform somebody She thought she could reform him.
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NAmE//rɪˈfɔrm//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they reform he / she / it reforms
past simple reformed
-ing form reforming
adjective a reformed characterSee reform in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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