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- [ri-fawr-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
- /rɪˈfɔr məˌtɔr i, -ˈtoʊr i/
- /rɪˈfɔːmətərɪ/
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- [ri-fawr-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
- /rɪˈfɔr məˌtɔr i, -ˈtoʊr i/
Definitions of reformatory word
- adjective reformatory serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments. 1
- noun plural reformatory Also called reform school. a penal institution for reforming young offenders, especially minors. 1
- noun reformatory correctional facility 1
- noun reformatory (formerly) a place of instruction where young offenders were sent for corrective training 0
- adjective reformatory having the purpose or function of reforming 0
- adjective reformatory reforming or aiming at reform 0
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Origin of reformatory
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; < Latin refōrmāt(us) (see reformation) + -ory1, -ory2
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Parts of speech for Reformatory
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reformatory popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for reformatory
adj reformatory
- amendatory — serving to amend; corrective
- antidotal — a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
- corrective — Corrective measures or techniques are intended to put right something that is wrong.
noun reformatory
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- borstal — In Britain in the past, a borstal was a kind of prison for young criminals, who were not old enough to be sent to ordinary prisons.
- bullpen — In baseball, a bullpen is an area alongside the playing field, where pitchers can practice or warm up.
- detention center — A detention center is a sort of prison, for example, a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept while a decision is made about what to do with them.
- detention home — a place where juvenile offenders or delinquents are held in custody, esp. temporarily pending disposition of their cases by the juvenile court
adjective reformatory
- emendatory — (archaic) Pertaining to emendation; corrective.
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