transform
/tɹænsˈfɔɹm/verb2 syllables
Transform means: change or alter in form, appearance, or nature.
Synonyms for transform14
verb, as in change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
verb, as in change in outward structure or looks
verb, as in change from one form or medium into another
What does transform mean?7
verb
change or alter in form, appearance, or nature“This experience transformed her completely”
change in outward structure or looks“He transformed into a monster”
change from one form or medium into another“Braque translated collage into oil”
subject to a mathematical transformation
convert (one form of energy) to another“transform energy to light”
change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with transform?11
Transform in a sentence
- Most schools were designed not to transform society, but to reproduce it.papabear
- With your energy, every ordinary day can transform into something incredibly wonderful.Nuel
- Transform big problems into small ones, and small problems into none.carlosalberto
- Sometimes, the journey is more important than the goal, for every step transforms us.samir_t
- Hunger sometimes transforms men, breaking barriers between need and morality.samir_t
- Because languages never stop transforming, the study of languages can never be completed.carlosalberto
- E-mail was supposed to transform the way people communicate.jamessilver
- Algeria is now using technology to transform desert areas into productive lands.Amastan
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Forms of transform
as a verb
- past tense
- transformed
- present participle
- transforming
- third-person singular
- transforms
- past participle
- transformed