Reform Education Government Committed Push Noun Bre Rɪˈfɔːm

• a government committed to reform
• economic/electoral/constitutional, etc. reform
• the reform of the educational system
• reforms in education

reform

1. change that is made to a social system, an organization, etc. in order to improve or correct it
• a government committed to reform
• economic/electoral/constitutional, etc. reform
• the reform of the educational system
• reforms in education
• far-reaching/major/sweeping reforms

Extra Examples

• Health care reform is long overdue.
• His administration carried out economic reforms.
• His economic reforms failed to improve their lives.
• Publishers continue to push for sweeping reforms.
• The House narrowly passed the education reform bill.
• The Prime Minister promised sweeping reforms of the banking system.
• The conservative coalition could delay further reforms or block them altogether.
• The country desperately needs broad political and constitutional reform.
• The government instituted a tax reform to stimulate demand.
• The practice of global politics requires reform.
• The reforms went through in spite of opposition from teachers.
• There remains reluctance to undertake the structural reforms advocated by Mr Smith.
• They have issued a statement advocating reform of the legal system.
• They wanted a weak president and a strong one-chamber parliament able to push through radical reforms.
• They wanted to push through radical reforms.
• Top on his list was immigration reform.
• We are committed to supporting democracy and reform in the region.
• advocates of health-care reform
• efforts to accelerate the structural reform of the economy
• much-needed reforms
• our debate on intelligence reform
• reforms in housing and education
• tax reforms aimed at encouraging land development
• the battle for corporate reform
• economic/electoral/constitutional reform
• far-reaching/major/sweeping reforms

Word Origin

• Middle English (as a verb in the senses ‘restore (peace)’ and ‘bring back to the original condition’): from Old French reformer or Latin reformare, from re- ‘back’ + formare ‘to form, shape’. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent.