Origin: 1500-1600 Latin Greek, from meta- ( ➔ META-) + morphe shape
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS►undergone a metamorphosis
Lewis has gradually undergone a metamorphosis into the state’s best basketball player.
1 formal a process in which something changes completely into something very differentSYN transformation: Lewis has gradually undergone a metamorphosis into the state’s best basketball player.2science, biology a process in which a young insect, frog, etc. changes into another stage in its development—metamorphose /ˌmɛt̮əˈmɔrfoʊz/ verb [intransitive, transitive]