I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ dramatic , drastic , fundamental , great , important , major , radical , significant , substantial
▪ broad , comprehensive , far-reaching , sweeping , wholesale , wide-ranging
▪
The Prime Minister promised sweeping ~s of the banking system.
▪ genuine , meaningful , real
▪ minor , modest
▪ piecemeal
▪ new
▪ proposed
▪ further
▪ immediate
▪ rapid
▪ lasting
▪ necessary , needed , overdue
▪
much-needed ~s
▪
Health-care ~ is long overdue.
▪ effective
▪ practical
▪ moral , political , social
▪ democratic , liberal
▪ domestic , institutional , internal
▪ procedural , structural
▪
There remains reluctance to undertake the structural ~s advocated by Mr Smith.
▪ administrative , governmental , regulatory
▪ policy
▪ constitutional , election , electoral , judicial , law , legal , legislative , tort ( esp. AmE )
▪
The country desperately needs broad political and constitutional ~.
▪ intelligence
▪
our debate on intelligence ~
▪ penal , prison
▪ curriculum , education , educational , school
▪ health-care , pension , social-security , welfare
▪
advocates of health-care ~
▪ banking , economic , finance , financial , fiscal , market , monetary , tax
▪
The government instituted a tax ~ to stimulate demand.
▪ corporate , media
▪
the battle for corporate ~
▪ agrarian , agricultural , environmental , land
▪ immigration
▪
Top on his list was immigration ~.
… OF REFORMS
▪ package
VERB + REFORM
▪ adopt , bring about , initiate , introduce , pass
▪ push through
▪
They wanted to push through radical ~s.
▪ carry out , enact , implement , institute , make , put in place , put into practice , undertake
▪
His administration carried out economic ~s.
▪ accelerate
▪
efforts to accelerate the structural ~ of the economy
▪ delay
▪ block
▪
The conservative coalition could delay further ~s or block them altogether.
▪ oppose , resist
▪ accept , embrace , welcome
▪ advocate , call for , press for , promote , propose , pursue , push for , seek
▪
They have issued a statement advocating ~ of the legal system.
▪
Publishers continue to push for sweeping ~s.
▪ demand
▪ back , encourage , support
▪
We are committed to supporting democracy and ~ in the region.
▪ require
▪
The practice of global politics requires ~.
▪ plan
▪ discuss
REFORM + VERB
▪ go through
▪
The ~s went through in spite of opposition from teachers.
▪ be aimed at sth
▪
tax ~s aimed at encouraging land development
▪ fail
▪
His economic ~s failed to improve their lives.
REFORM + NOUN
▪ process
▪ movement
▪ agenda , initiative , package , plan , programme/program , proposal
▪ measure , policy
▪ act , bill , law , legislation
▪
The House narrowly passed the education ~ bill.
▪ school ( esp. AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
~s in housing and education
PHRASES
▪ the need for ~
▪ the pace of ~
▪ a programme/program of ~
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ drastically , fundamentally , radically , truly
▪
The education system must be radically ~ed.
▪
the near impossibility of truly ~ing the system
VERB + REFORM
▪ attempt to , push to , seek to , try to
PHRASES
▪ attempts to ~ sth , efforts to ~ sth , proposals to ~ sth
▪ a need to ~ sth
Reform is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ economy , ↑ education , health service, ↑ institution , ↑ law , ↑ military , ↑ social security , ↑ system