🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Riforma

Pronunciation / Transliteration: riˈfɔr.ma

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reform/rɪˈfɔːrm/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La riforma del sistema educativo è fondamentale."

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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'. It evolved through Middle English, where it retained the sense of improvement or correction, particularly in social or political contexts.

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