reform
reform.01 - make changes, improve, forming anew, making changes or improvements
REFORM-V NOTES: Arg1 defaults to 'self'. (from reform.01-v)REFORMATION-N NOTES: (from reformation.01-n)
Aliases:
reform (v.)
reform (n.)
reformation (n.)
reform (n.)
reformation (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: reformer
ARG1-PPT: thing changed
ARG2-PRD: end state
ARG3-DIR: start state
ARG1-PPT: thing changed
ARG2-PRD: end state
ARG3-DIR: start state
reform-v: all args
Now is the time to
reformrel
the governmentARG1
from a provider , developing - country vanguard roleARG3
to that of a modern , industrialized nation in which consumers have the ultimate choiceARG2
.reform-v: more commonly just transitive
The cycle has been repeated several times since
ChinaARG0
began reformingrel
its planned economyARG1
in 1979 .reform-v: sometimes intransitive
The less - self - confident Czechoslovaks and BulgariansARG0
, in contrast , declared their intentions to reformrel
, while doing nothing concrete about it .