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.
Origin of transform
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English transformen, from Latin trānsfōrmāre “to change in shape”; see trans-, form
SYNONYMS FOR transform
1 transfigure.
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synonym study for transform
1. Transform , convert mean to change one thing into another. Transform suggests changing from one form, appearance, structure, or type to another: to transform soybeans into oil and meal by pressure.Convert suggests so changing the characteristics as to change the use or purpose: to convert a barn into a house.
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And of those who transform themselves into masters and believe themselves superior to others, rather than at their service.
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With no one perhaps are those literary memories which transform and vivify life so constantly present as with Leigh Hunt.
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The juices of the mouth have the power to transform any food that excites taste into a substance suitable for the body.
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Zeus, therefore, persuaded Metis to transform herself into a fly.
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Greece and Palestine did not transform the world by their political power.
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British Dictionary definitions for transform
transform
verb (trænsˈfɔːm)
to alter or be altered radically in form, function, etc
(tr)to convert (one form of energy) to another form
(tr)mathsto 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)
mathsthe result of a mathematical transformation, esp (of a matrix or an element of a group) another related to the given one by B = X–1AX for some appropriate X
Derived forms of transform
transformable, adjectivetransformative, adjective
Word Origin for transform
C14: from Latin transformāre, from trans- + formāre to form