What part of speech is reforms?

Reforms can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. reforms is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of reform (infinitive).
  • 2. reforms is a noun, plural of reform.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does reforms mean?

Definitions

Verb

reform - bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
reform - make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system"
reform - change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
reform - improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country"
reform - break up the molecules of; "reform oil"
reform - produce by cracking; "reform gas"

Noun

reform - a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"
reform - self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"
reform - a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"

Examples of reforms

#   Sentence  
1. noun Educational reforms still have a long way to go.
2. noun Everybody is calling for sweeping reforms.
3. noun Financial reforms may ameliorate the current economic difficulties.
4. noun The premier announced his intention to undertake drastic reforms in parliament.
5. noun The Prime Minister proposed administrative reforms.
6. noun The new government is expected to bring about a good number of administrative reforms.
7. noun He promised political reforms would be put into practice.
8. noun Political reforms may ameliorate the living conditions of the poor.
9. noun The politician proposed reforms to Congress.
10. noun His successors slowly undid his popular economic reforms.
11. noun They were busy working for social reforms.
12. noun He supported a number of social reforms.
13. noun In order to distract the population from their true intrigues, the politicians devised some half-hearted reforms.
14. noun Many new reforms have been brought about recently.
15. noun On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, putting in place comprehensive reforms that improve access to affordable health coverage for everyone and protect consumers from abusive insurance company practices.
16. verb Reform your conduct.
17. verb Reform a political system.
18. verb The lazy student promised to reform.
19. verb Reform the health system in this country.
20. verb Reform oil.
21. verb Reform gas.
22. verb We should reform this law.
23. verb He tried to reform the party from within.
24. verb Father told me to reform myself.
25. verb The state is going to reform its drug policies.
26. verb I'm sure Tom will reform.
27. verb Don't try to reform everyone you meet.
28. verb We need to reform our immigration system.
29. verb In the letter, we demand that negotiators immediately reform the trade negotiation process to make the proceedings more transparent, inclusive and accountable.
30. verb Algeria needs to reform its industry sector.
Sentence  
noun
Educational reforms still have a long way to go.
Everybody is calling for sweeping reforms.
Financial reforms may ameliorate the current economic difficulties.
The premier announced his intention to undertake drastic reforms in parliament.
The Prime Minister proposed administrative reforms.
The new government is expected to bring about a good number of administrative reforms.
He promised political reforms would be put into practice.
Political reforms may ameliorate the living conditions of the poor.
The politician proposed reforms to Congress.
His successors slowly undid his popular economic reforms.
They were busy working for social reforms.
He supported a number of social reforms.
In order to distract the population from their true intrigues, the politicians devised some half-hearted reforms.
Many new reforms have been brought about recently.
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, putting in place comprehensive reforms that improve access to affordable health coverage for everyone and protect consumers from abusive insurance company practices.
verb
Reform your conduct.
Reform a political system.
The lazy student promised to reform.
Reform the health system in this country.
Reform oil.
Reform gas.
We should reform this law.
He tried to reform the party from within.
Father told me to reform myself.
The state is going to reform its drug policies.
I'm sure Tom will reform.
Don't try to reform everyone you meet.
We need to reform our immigration system.
In the letter, we demand that negotiators immediately reform the trade negotiation process to make the proceedings more transparent, inclusive and accountable.
Algeria needs to reform its industry sector.

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