- reform
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ dramatic, drastic, fundamental, great, important, major, radical, significant, substantial▪ broad, comprehensive, far-reaching, sweeping, wholesale, wide-ranging▪
The Prime Minister promised sweeping reforms of the banking system.
▪ genuine, meaningful, real▪ minor, modest▪ piecemeal▪ new▪ proposed▪ further▪ immediate▪ rapid▪ lasting▪ necessary, needed, overdue▪much-needed reforms
▪Health-care reform is long overdue.
▪ effective▪ practical▪ moral, political, social▪ democratic, liberal▪ domestic, institutional, internal▪ procedural, structural▪There remains reluctance to undertake the structural reforms advocated by Mr Smith.
▪ administrative, governmental, regulatory▪ policy▪ constitutional, election, electoral, judicial, law, legal, legislative, tort (esp. AmE)▪The country desperately needs broad political and constitutional reform.
▪ intelligence▪our debate on intelligence reform
▪ penal, prison▪ curriculum, education, educational, school▪ health-care, pension, social-security, welfare▪advocates of health-care reform
▪ banking, economic, finance, financial, fiscal, market, monetary, tax▪The government instituted a tax reform to stimulate demand.
▪ corporate, media▪the battle for corporate reform
▪ agrarian, agricultural, environmental, land▪ immigration▪Top on his list was immigration reform.
… OF REFORMS▪ packageVERB + REFORM▪ adopt, bring about, initiate, introduce, pass▪ push through▪They wanted to push through radical reforms.
▪ carry out, enact, implement, institute, make, put in place, put into practice, undertake▪His administration carried out economic reforms.
▪ accelerate▪efforts to accelerate the structural reform of the economy
▪ delay▪ block▪The conservative coalition could delay further reforms or block them altogether.
▪ oppose, resist▪ accept, embrace, welcome▪ advocate, call for, press for, promote, propose, pursue, push for, seek▪They have issued a statement advocating reform of the legal system.
▪Publishers continue to push for sweeping reforms.
▪ demand▪ back, encourage, support▪We are committed to supporting democracy and reform in the region.
▪ require▪The practice of global politics requires reform.
▪ plan▪ discussREFORM + VERB▪ go through▪The reforms went through in spite of opposition from teachers.
▪ be aimed at sth▪tax reforms aimed at encouraging land development
▪ fail▪His economic reforms failed to improve their lives.
REFORM + NOUN▪ process▪ movement▪ agenda, initiative, package, plan, programme/program, proposal▪ measure, policy▪ act, bill, law, legislation▪The House narrowly passed the education reform bill.
▪ school (esp. AmE)PREPOSITION▪ reform in▪reforms in housing and education
PHRASES▪ the need for reform▪ the pace of reform▪ a programme/program of reform{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ drastically, fundamentally, radically, truly▪The education system must be radically reformed.
▪the near impossibility of truly reforming the system
VERB + REFORM▪ attempt to, push to, seek to, try toPHRASES▪ attempts to reform sth, efforts to reform sth, proposals to reform sth▪ a need to reform sthReform is used with these nouns as the object: ↑economy, ↑education, health service, ↑institution, ↑law, ↑military, ↑social security, ↑system
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
