mageuzi
mah-geh-OO-zee
How to say it
Swahilimageuzimah-geh-OO-zee
Meaning
Big changes made to a system, such as land, the economy or politics, to improve it; in science, evolution.
Good to know
Used in the plural, from kugeuza, to change. Mageuzi ya kiuchumi are economic reforms, and nadharia ya mageuzi is the theory of evolution. NCCR Mageuzi is a Tanzanian party.
Examples
- Serikali imeanza mageuzi katika sekta ya elimu.The government has begun reforms in the education sector.
- Mageuzi ya kilimo yameongeza mavuno.Agricultural reforms have increased harvests.
- Darwin aliandika kuhusu mageuzi ya viumbe.Darwin wrote about the evolution of living things.
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