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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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