transform
- to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- to change in condition, nature, or character; convert.
- to change into another substance; transmute.
- Electricity.
- to increase or decrease (the voltage and current characteristics of an alternating-current circuit), as by means of a transformer.
- to decrease (the voltage and current characteristics of a direct-current circuit), as by means of a transformer.
- Mathematics. to change the form of (a figure, expression, etc.) without in general changing the value.
- Physics. to change into another form of energy.
- to undergo a change in form, appearance, or character; become transformed.
- Mathematics.
- a mathematical quantity obtained from a given quantity by an algebraic, geometric, or functional transformation.
- the transformation itself.
- the result of a transformation.
- a transformation.
- Logic. transformation(def 5).
- Linguistics. a structure derived by a transformation.
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mutate, convert, transfer, revolutionize, revamp, remodel, reconstruct, translate, mold, alter, transmute, doctor, transpose, renew, metamorphose, switch, commute, transmogrify, cook, transfigureExamples from the Web for transforming
Contemporary Examples of transforming
For the Brogpas, transforming into a tourist attraction may offer their community a way to generate much-needed income.
In this understanding, art is like a medicine or a toxin, transforming its audience for good or ill.
First, it turns out that when it comes to transforming light into electricity, will can be more important than natural resources.
Local policy issues in Muslim countries are transforming into US and European national security threats.
To Beat ISIS, the Arab World Must Promote Political and Religious ReformsRula Jebreal
September 15, 2014
Day by day, the National Football League is transforming into less of a sport and more of a full-time damage control operation.
Historical Examples of transforming
Finally they asked him to show them some of his transforming arts.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
Many were their cares, too, in transforming the old pavilion into a farm.
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
It is a question of nothing less than of transforming him into furnished lodgings.
The Industries of AnimalsFrdric Houssay
The dirty cot, the dirty cell, the dirty floor, a point of view was transforming.
The Paliser caseEdgar Saltus
The Smith was compelled to try his hand at transforming the seigneur.
Russian Fairy TalesW. R. S. Ralston
transform
- to alter or be altered radically in form, function, etc
- (tr) to convert (one form of energy) to another form
- (tr) maths to change the form of (an equation, expression, etc) by a mathematical transformation
- (tr) to increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage) using a transformer
- maths the result of a mathematical transformation, esp (of a matrix or an element of a group) another related to the given one by B = X –1 AX for some appropriate X