re-formed

1. 1.

   formed again or anew

   “the re-formed scout troop has been very active”

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Questions about re-formed

What does re-formed mean?

re-formed means "formed again or anew".

How many syllables are in re-formed?

re-formed has 2 syllables and divides as re-for-med under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is re-formed a common word?

re-formed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.