Reform and Shift

Reform

Reform verb - To make better in behavior or character.

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Shift and reform are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead the word "Reform" as a verb or a noun.

Shift verb - To change the place or position of.

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Reform and shift are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reform" instead the word "Shift" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: shifting, shifted, shifty, shiftiness, shifter

long	long reform	long shift
similar	similar reform	similar shift
complete	complete reform	complete shift
actual	actual reform	actual shift
Other adjectives: real, slow, main, social, new, permanent, major, immediate, political, further, significant, radical.

There was a shift in the Spanish sibilants that made /ʃ/ disappear and a later spelling reform so that the letter "x" represents a variety of other sounds in modern Spanish.

Source: The Unpronounceable
Wall Crawl: When Posey's shadow-shift moves onto the wall, not only can it keep moving on the vertical surface but she can even reform out standing on it at right angles to normal gravity.

Source: Web Comic / The Sanity Circus

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