transform
Syllables: trans·form/tɹænsˈfɔːm//tɹænsˈfɔɹm/
transform verb: to change greatly the appearance or form of.
Verb
transform (third-person singular simple present transforms, present participle transforming, simple past and past participle transformed)
- To change greatly the appearance or form of.
- The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
- Love may transform me to an oyster.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Synonyms:
- convert, make over, transmogrify, transmute
- To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
- Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:2
- Synonyms:
- transmogrify, transmute, convert, develop, draw, evolve, metamorphize, metamorphose, reconvert, shift
- To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
- To subject to the action of a transformer.
- To subject (a cell) to transformation.
- To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.
- Synonyms:
- transmogrify, transmute, metamorphize, metamorphose, metamorphosize
Noun
UK/ˈtɹænsfɔːm/US/ˈtɹænsfɔɹm/
transform (plural transforms)
- An operation (often an integration) that converts one function into another.
- A function so produced.
- A transform fault.
transform meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
transform in Tamil
- உரு மாற்று, உருமாறும்
transform in Urdu
- کایا پلٹنا, تبدیل کرنا, بدلنا
transform in Bengali
- রুপান্তর, রুপান্তর করা
transform in Malayalam
- രൂപം മാറുക, രൂപം മാറ്റുക, രൂപാന്തരം പ്രാപിക്കുക, ആകൃതി മാറ്റുക
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- transform in Kannada
- ತೋರ್ಪುಮಾರು, ರೂಪಾಂತರಿಸು, ಪರಿವರ್ತಿಸು, ಮಾರ್ಪಾಡಿಸು
- transform in Tagalog
- isaanyo
- transform in Arabic
- تَحَوَّلَ taḥawwala, مَسَخَ masaḵa
- transform in Persian
- ترادیسیدن tarâdisidan
- Sindhi
- بدلائڻ badla'inu, ٽرانسفارم ڪرڻ, تبديل ڪرڻ tabdeel karanu, ٽرانسفار ڪرڻ
Examples of transform in a sentence
- Under Christianization, many converted societies transformed their pagan deities into saints.
- His simple vision has transformed into something far more grand.
- The revolution had completely transformed the monarchy into a republic.
Synonyms of transform
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Forms of transform
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | transforms |
| present participle | transforming |
| past participle | transformed |
| past | transformed |
| alternative form | xform |
| Noun | |
| plural | transforms |
Origin of transform
From Middle English transformen, from Old French transformer, from Latin transformo, transformare, from trans (“across”, preposition) + forma (“form”).
Words formed from transform
- antitransform
- backtransform
- biotransform
- cotransform
- detransform
- electrotransform
- mistransform
- nontransforming
- phototransform
- retransform
- supertransform
- transflection
- transformability
- transformer
- transfur
- untransform
- black top-hat transform
- Borel transform
- bottom-hat transform
- Box-Muller transform
- Burrows-Wheeler transform
- continuous wavelet transform
- discrete Fourier transform
- discrete transform
- discrete wavelet transform
- fast Fourier transform
- Fourier-Mukai transform
- Fourier transform
- fractal transform
- Gabor transform
- Hadamard transform
- Hartley transform
- hit-or-miss transform
- Hough transform
- integral transform
- inverse Fourier transform
- Laplace transform
- Mellin transform
- Mojette transform
- Penrose transform
- Radon transform
- top-hat transform
- transform and roll out
- Walsh transform
- white top-hat transform
- Z-transform
Phrases with transform
Words that rhyme with transform
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Questions about transform
- What does transform mean?
- Transform means to change greatly the appearance or form of.
- What is transform in Tamil?
- Transform in Tamil is உரு மாற்று, உருமாறும். See Transform meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is transform?
- Transform can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce transform?
- Transform is pronounced /tɹænsˈfɔːm/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of transform?
- The past tense of transform is transformed.
Words near transform in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: transform (page history and authors); transform (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transform (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transform (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transform (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transform (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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