{
    "term": "reform",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "change that is made to a social system, an organization, etc. in order to improve or correct it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a government committed to reform"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**economic/electoral/constitutional, etc. reform**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the reform of the educational system"
                },
                {
                    "text": "reforms in education"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**far-reaching/major/sweeping reforms**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Healthcare reform is long overdue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His administration carried out economic reforms."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His economic reforms failed to improve their lives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Publishers continue to push for sweeping reforms."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The House narrowly passed the education reform bill."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Prime Minister promised sweeping reforms of the banking system."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The conservative coalition could delay further reforms or block them altogether."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country desperately needs broad political and constitutional reform."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government instituted a tax reform to stimulate demand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The practice of global politics requires reform."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The reforms went through in spite of opposition from teachers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There remains reluctance to undertake the structural reforms advocated by Mr Smith."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have issued a statement advocating reform of the legal system."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They wanted to push through radical reforms."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Top on his list was immigration reform."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are committed to supporting democracy and reform in the region."
                },
                {
                    "text": "advocates of health-care reform"
                },
                {
                    "text": "efforts to accelerate the structural reform of the economy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "much-needed reforms"
                },
                {
                    "text": "our debate on intelligence reform"
                },
                {
                    "text": "tax reforms aimed at encouraging land development"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the battle for corporate reform"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dramatic", "drastic", "fundamental"],
                "… of reforms": ["package"],
                "verb + reform": ["adopt", "bring about", "initiate"],
                "reform + verb": ["go through", "be aimed at something", "fail"],
                "reform + noun": ["process", "movement", "agenda"],
                "preposition": ["reform in"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the need for reform",
                    "the pace of reform",
                    "a programme/​program of reform"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈfɔːm/",
                "audio": "re/reform/reform__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈfɔːrm/",
                "audio": "re/reform/reform__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}