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Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.
Jack Henry Abbott

Meaning of "reform school" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REFORM SCHOOL

reform school  [rɪˈfɔːm skuːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REFORM SCHOOL

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reform school is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES REFORM SCHOOL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

reform school

Reform school

A reform school in the United States was a term used to define, often somewhat euphemistically, what was often essentially a penal institution for boys, generally teenagers.

Definition of reform school in the English dictionary

The definition of reform school in the dictionary is a correctional or penal institution for young adults or teenagers, esp males.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REFORM SCHOOL


after-school
ˈæftəskuːl
alcool
ˈælkuːl
cool
kuːl
fool
fuːl
interschool
ˌɪntəˈskuːl
Istanbul
ˌɪstænˈbuːl
kewl
kuːl
Liverpool
ˈlɪvəˌpuːl
module
ˈmɒdjuːl
old-skool
ˈəʊldˌskuːl
pool
puːl
preschool
priːˈskuːl
rule
ruːl
schedule
ˈʃɛdjuːl
school
skuːl
skool
skuːl
tool
tuːl
uncool
ʌnˈkuːl
whirlpool
ˈwɜːlˌpuːl
you´ll
juːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REFORM SCHOOL

reform
Reform Act
Reform Bill
Reform Judaism
reformability
reformable
reformado
reformat
reformate
reformation
reformational
reformationist
reformative
reformatories
reformatory
Reformed
reformer
reformism
reformist
reformulate

WORDS THAT END LIKE REFORM SCHOOL

business school
driving school
elementary school
grade school
graduate school
high school
home-school
infant school
junior high school
law school
medical school
middle school
old school
primary school
private school
public school
secondary school
senior high school
summer school
Sunday school
trade school

Synonyms and antonyms of reform school in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «reform school» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REFORM SCHOOL

Find out the translation of reform school to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of reform school from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reform school» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

改革学校
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reformatorio
570 millions of speakers

English

reform school
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुधार स्कूल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مدرسة الإصلاح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

образование высшее
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reformatório
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংস্কার ইহুদিবাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

école de réforme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembaharuan Yudaisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Besserungsanstalt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

少年院
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

개혁 학교
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Reformasi Yudaisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trường giáo dưỡng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சீர்திருத்த யூதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुधारित यहूदी्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yahudilik Reformu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

riforma della scuola
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

reforma szkoły
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

освіта вища
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scoala de corectie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σχολική μεταρρύθμιση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hervorming skool
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skolreform
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

reform skole
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reform school

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REFORM SCHOOL»

The term «reform school» is normally little used and occupies the 112.327 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REFORM SCHOOL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reform school

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QUOTES WITH «REFORM SCHOOL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word reform school.
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Jack Henry Abbott
Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFORM SCHOOL»

Discover the use of reform school in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reform school and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Daughters of the State: A Social Portrait of the First ...
A rich and fascinating study of education, social reform, and women's history, Daughters of the State explores the lives of young girls who came to the State Industrial School for Girls in Lancaster, Massachusetts during its first fifty ...
Barbara M. Brenzel, 1985
2
Constructing Reformatory Identity: Girls' Reform School ...
By focusing on one particular re-education institution, this book offers a multifaceted analysis of practices of diagnosis and curing what was defined as «delinquency, «criminality or «disorderly behaviour at the turn of the twentieth ...
Kaisa Vehkalahti, 2009
3
The Girls' Reform School of Iowa, 1865-1899
This volume deals with the first years of the school's existence, using primary sources such as school records and journals.
Douglas M. Wertsch, 1997
4
Annual Report of the Trustees of the State Reform School, at ...
To the Trustees of the State Reform School :— GENTLEMuN,—Another year is now added to the history of the Institution under your care, and at this point it becomes my duty to lay before you a brief statement of its affairs, for which purpose I ...
Massachusetts. State Reform School (Westborough, Mass.)., 1854
5
Teaching Baby Gangsters: Reform School Or Education Reform?
She also relays the sad stories of those students who gave in to their environmental influences and failed to get an education.
Marilyn K. Gifford, 2011
6
The Morganza, 1967: life in a legendary reform school
Stuart describes the life of students and staff in this infamous school that was, in reality, a youth prison camp.
David E. Stuart, 2009
7
Morganza: Pennsylvania’s Reform School:
In December 1876, the inmates at the House of Refuge were transferred to the Pennsylvania Reform School at Morganza. At the time of the move, some of the old buildings at the House of Refuge faced a sudden breakdown of their heating  ...
Christopher R. Barraclough, 2014
8
Report of the Commissioners on the state reform school: to ...
to His excellency the Governor of New Hampshire, June session, 1852 New Hampshire. Commissioners on the state reform school. other officers ; to exercise a vigilant supervision over the Institution, its officers and inmates ; to remove such  ...
New Hampshire. Commissioners on the state reform school, 1852
9
Biennial Report of the Trustees of the State Reform School
To His Excellency, FREn,x F. Low, Governor of California: S1a:—We have the honor to submit our second biennial report as Trustees of the State Reform School, being for the two years ending October thirty-first, eighteen hundred and  ...
State Reform School, 1867
10
Annual Report of the Board of Guardians of the Chicago ...
Chicago. Reform School. FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ... by parents, 3 " " Superior Court, 67 " Circuit " 1 " " Recorder's " 9 Total, 80 Number received during the different months: April, 1869, 3 May, CHICAGO REFORM SCHOOL. ...
Chicago. Reform School, 1870

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REFORM SCHOOL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reform school is used in the context of the following news items.
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OECD urges Sweden to reform schools system
School experts at the OECD, the Paris based think-tank for the world's richest nations, in a report on Monday called for comprehensive reform to bring about ... «Financial Times, May 15»
2
Florida boys raped in 'dungeon,' beaten to death at Arthur G. Dozier …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As the bodies exhumed from dozens of old graves at a shuttered Florida reform school continue to yield grudging answers to stubborn ... «New York Daily News, Feb 15»
3
Casket belonging to boy killed at horror reform school in 1925 found …
For nearly 90 years, a teenaged boy's death remained a mystery while connected to one of the most hellish reform schools in the country. And it's now only ... «New York Daily News, Oct 14»
4
2 more Florida boys ID'd at reform school graveyard
Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of two more boys unearthed from a graveyard at Florida's notorious reform school. The remains of ... «MiamiHerald.com, Sep 14»
5
Boy's remains identified from shuttered Florida reform school
TAMPA, Fla. -- A boy buried in an unmarked grave at a reform school with a history of unsanitary and decrepit conditions was the first of 55 sets of remains found ... «CBS News, Aug 14»
6
55 Bodies Exhumed At Reform School Site In Florida
Researchers say they have exhumed the remains of 55 people at Florida's Dozier School for Boys, a notorious reform school that closed in 2011. The total found ... «NPR, Jan 14»
7
Grim search for remains at ex-Florida reform school ends for now
... on Tuesday their initial search for the remains of juveniles believed to have been secretly buried more than 50 years ago at a notorious former reform school in ... «Reuters, Sep 13»
8
Grave exhuming begins at house of horrors all-boys school
University of South Florida researchers began exhuming dozens of graves Saturday at a former Panhandle reform school where horrific beatings have been ... «New York Post, Aug 13»
9
'They're going to find out the truth': Florida to excavate remains of …
Florida officials Tuesday authorized university researchers to excavate the remains of boys buried on the grounds of a notorious reform school where former ... «NBCNews.com, Aug 13»
10
In Florida, A Clash Over Exhuming Bodies At Reform School
Researchers at the University of South Florida are fighting with the state over access to the grounds of a now-closed reform school. For decades, the Dozier ... «NPR, Jul 13»

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