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variation
English
Etymology
From Middle French variation, from Old French variacion, from Latin vari?ti?.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?v?????e??n?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?v???i?e??n?/, /?væ?i?e??n?/, /?v??i?e??n?/
- , (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
- Hyphenation: va?ri?a?tion
Noun
variation (usually uncountable, plural variations)
- The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- A related but distinct thing.
- (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
- Synonym: magnetic declination
- (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
- (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
- (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.
- (astronomy) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
Derived terms
- magnetic variation
- theme and variations
Related terms
- vary
- variant
Translations
References
- US FM 55-501 MARINE CREWMAN’S HANDBOOK; 1 December 1999
- variation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- variation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vari?ti?. See also véraison.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.?ja.sj??/
Noun
variation f (plural variations)
- variation
Derived terms
- boîte de vitesses à variation continue
Related terms
- varier
Further reading
- “variation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Etymology
From French variation, attested from 1656.
Noun
variation c
- variation
Declension
Related terms
- variant
- variera
References
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reform
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French reformer, from Latin reformo, reformare. As a noun since 1660s, from French réforme.
Pronunciation
- ("to form again"):
- (General American) IPA(key): /??i??f??m/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??i??f??m/
- (other senses):
- (General American) IPA(key): /???f??m/, /???f??m/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???f??m/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m
Noun
reform (countable and uncountable, plural reforms)
- The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
- 19 February 2011, Barack Obama, Presidential Weekly Address, America Will Win the Future
- ...over the past two years, my administration has made education a top priority. We’ve launched a competition called “Race to the Top” – a reform that is lifting academic standards and getting results; not because Washington dictated the answers, but because states and local schools pursued innovative solutions.
- 19 February 2011, Barack Obama, Presidential Weekly Address, America Will Win the Future
Synonyms
- reformation
- amendment
- rectification
- correction
Derived terms
- monetary reform
Related terms
- reformation
Translations
Verb
reform (third-person singular simple present reforms, present participle reforming, simple past and past participle reformed)
- (transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better
- 15 January 2018, Adebisi Onanuga and Robert Egbe in The Nation, ‘How we stopped DPP’s office from being used to settle scores’
- In this interview with Law Editors and Correspondents, he speaks on the gains of reforming the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), efforts to keep underage persons out of jail.
- 1909, H. G. Wells, The History of Mr. Polly Chapter 9
- to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals; to reform a criminal
- “There was always something a bit wrong with him,” she said, “but nothing you mightn’t have hoped for, not till they took him and carried him off and reformed him"
- 15 January 2018, Adebisi Onanuga and Robert Egbe in The Nation, ‘How we stopped DPP’s office from being used to settle scores’
- (intransitive) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits
- (transitive, intransitive) To form again or in a new configuration.
- This product contains reformed meat.
Synonyms
- (put into a better condition): amend, correct, rectify, mend, repair, better, improve, restore, reclaim
Translations
References
reform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Wells, John, Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, ?ISBN, page 640
Further reading
- "reform" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 262.
Anagrams
- former
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?f?rm/, [???f??m]
Noun
reform c (singular definite reformen, plural indefinite reformer)
- reform
Declension
References
- “reform” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “reform” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Hungarian
Etymology
From English reform and German Reform, from French réforme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?r?form]
- Hyphenation: re?form
- Rhymes: -orm
Noun
reform (plural reformok)
- reform
- Synonym: újítás
Declension
References
Further reading
- reform in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French réforme
Noun
reform m (definite singular reformen, indefinite plural reformer, definite plural reformene)
- reform
Related terms
- reformere
References
- “reform” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French réforme
Noun
reform f (definite singular reforma, indefinite plural reformer, definite plural reformene)
- reform
References
- “reform” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?f?rm/
Noun
reform c
- reform
Declension
Related terms
- högskolereform
- reformation
- reformator
- reformatorisk
- reformera
- reformist
- reformistisk
- reformutrymme
- stavningsreform
References
- reform in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
Anagrams
- former
Turkish
Etymology
From French réforme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???fo?m/
Noun
reform (definite accusative reformu, plural reformlar)
- reform
Further reading
- reform in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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