transformverb [ T ]
uk/trænsˈfɔːm/us/trænsˈfɔːrm/B2 to change completely the appearance or character of something or someone, especially so that that thing or person is improved:
The reorganization will transform the entertainment industry.
the power of art to transform experience
Whenever a camera was pointed at her, Marilyn would instantly transform herself into a radiant star.
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- The scheme would transform the park into a tourist mecca.
- The new haircut completely transformed her.
- The discovery of anaesthesia transformed medical surgery.
- Since getting that job, he has been a transformed character.
- The growth of the textile industry transformed the area.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing
- a new broom sweeps clean idiom
- about-turn
- alter
- alternate
- alternation
- bastardize
- convert
- move on
- move the goalposts idiom
- move with the times idiom
- new
- new broom
- onto
- reverse
- swing
- transfigure
- transitional
- transmogrify
- transmute
- turn (sb/sth) into sb/sth
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