transform

[ verb trans-fawrm; noun trans-fawrm ]

/ verb trænsˈfɔrm; noun ˈtræns fɔrm /

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verb (used with object)

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.

verb (used without object)

to undergo a change in form, appearance, or character; become transformed.

noun

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.

Nearby words

transfinite, transfinite number, transfix, transfixion, transfixion suture, transform, transform fault, transformation, transformation point, transformation range, transformational

Origin of transform

1300–50; Middle English transformen < Latin trānsfōrmāre to change in shape. See trans-, form

SYNONYMS FOR transform

1 transfigure. T ransform , convert mean to change one thing into another. T ransform suggests changing from one form, appearance, structure, or type to another: to transform soybeans into oil and meal by pressure. C onvert suggests so changing the characteristics as to change the use or purpose: to convert a barn into a house.

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Related forms

trans·form·a·ble, adjectivetrans·form·a·tive, adjectivein·ter·trans·form·a·ble, adjectivenon·trans·form·ing, adjective

re·trans·form, verb (used with object)self-trans·formed, adjectiveun·trans·form·a·ble, adjectiveun·trans·form·a·tive, adjectiveun·trans·formed, adjectiveun·trans·form·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for transforming

For the Brogpas, transforming into a tourist attraction may offer their community a way to generate much-needed income.
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In this understanding, art is like a medicine or a toxin, transforming its audience for good or ill.
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First, it turns out that when it comes to transforming light into electricity, will can be more important than natural resources.
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Local policy issues in Muslim countries are transforming into US and European national security threats.
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Some, indeed, and many of the best, expressed the native genius and crude force that were transforming the wilderness.
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"You certainly have an amazing facility in transforming yourself," said the superintendent.
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Here again it was, above all, to habit that he ascribed the transforming, the ennobling influence.
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Her eyes, slightly oblique, were slothful at times and at other times full of fire, transforming her into a menacing dictator.
The Moon Colony|William Dixon Bell
Though he succeeded in transforming their methods, Rubens is nevertheless the spiritual descendant of the Italianizants.
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British Dictionary definitions for transforming

transform

verb (trænsˈfɔːm)

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

noun (ˈtrænsˌfɔːm)

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

Derived Formstransformable, adjectivetransformative, adjective

Word Origin for transform

C14: from Latin transformāre, from trans- + formāre to form

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Word Origin and History for transforming

transform

mid-14c., from Old French transformer, from Latin transformare "change the shape or form of," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + formare "to form" (see form (v.)). Related: Transformed; transforming.

transform

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verb (used without object)

noun

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