metamorphosisnoun
uk/ˌmet.əˈmɔː.fə.sɪs/us/ˌmet̬.əˈmɔːr.fə.sɪs/plural metamorphoses[ C ] a complete change:
Under the new editor, the magazine has undergone a metamorphosis.
[ U ] specialized biology the process by which the young form of insects and some animals, such as frogs, develops into the adult form
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Change and changes
- a change is as good as a rest idiom
- adjustment
- alteration
- blip
- changeover
- drift
- ebb
- fluctuate
- gradation
- modulate
- paradigm shift
- perversion
- punctuated equilibrium
- sea change
- shake-up
- speciation
- step change
- tide
- twist
- vicissitudes
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