revolutionizerev‧o‧lu‧tion‧ize (also revolutionise British English) /ˌrevəˈluːʃənaɪz/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive] 
Verb Table Examples
New technology is going to revolutionize everything we do. His work revolutionized the treatment of this disease.
Verb TableVERB TABLE
revolutionize
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | revolutionize |
| he, she, it | revolutionizes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | revolutionized |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have revolutionized |
| he, she, it | has revolutionized | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had revolutionized |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will revolutionize |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have revolutionized |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am revolutionizing |
| he, she, it | is revolutionizing | |
| you, we, they | are revolutionizing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was revolutionizing |
| you, we, they | were revolutionizing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been revolutionizing |
| he, she, it | has been revolutionizing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been revolutionizing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be revolutionizing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been revolutionizing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Computers have revolutionized the way we work.
- Satellites have revolutionized the science of weather prediction.
- This important discovery has revolutionized our understanding of the universe.
- Agricultural technologies have revolutionized farm production, resulting in quantum leaps in output.
- Are you linked in to the Boss's plan to revolutionize the globe?
- Financial analysis and management have been revolutionized by technological improvements in personal computers and data processing equipment.
- First, he revolutionized the securities industry with discount trading.
- Or the item itself may turn out to be the kind of challenge that helps to revolutionize the world.
- This is the largest of the wholesale markets, and its existence has revolutionized banking business.
- While computers have revolutionized most broadcast functions, they have not replaced the makeup artists.
Longman Language Activatorto make something completely different► transform
Word family to completely change something, especially so that it is much better: · Well, you've certainly transformed this place - it looks great!transform something into something: · In the last 20 years, Korea has been transformed into a major industrial nation.totally/completely transform: · When she smiled, her face was completely transformed.
► turn something/somebody into to make something become a completely different thing or make someone become a completely different kind of person: · We're planning to turn the spare bedroom into a study.· The war had turned Cassidy into a violent thug.· Edwards saved the Tivoli, an elegant 1920s art deco hotel, and turned it into a movie theatre.
► revolutionize also revolutionise British to completely and permanently change the way people do something or think about something, especially because of a new idea or invention: · Computers have revolutionized the way we work.· This important discovery has revolutionized our understanding of the universe.· The new technology is revolutionising the way music is played, composed and studied.
► reverse to change a process or decision so that it is the opposite of what it was before: · The longer the economic decline is allowed to go on the more difficult it will be to reverse it.· Cities are expanding and using up more and more of the desert. Our aim is to reverse this trend and to protect our open spaces.· The court of appeal reversed the original verdict and set the prisoner free.· Many of the former administration's policies were reversed by the new president.
► overturn to change a previous official decision or order so that it is the opposite of what it was before or so that it can no longer have its original effect: · The execution ended a 14-year battle to have Bannister's death sentence overturned.· Wolf was found guilty of treason, but the conviction was overturned by Germany's highest court in 1995.
WORD FAMILYnounrevolutionrevolutionaryadjectiverevolutionaryverbrevolutionize
to completely change the way people do something or think about something: New technology is going to revolutionize everything we do. His work revolutionized the treatment of this disease.