1. To change the form, character or functioning of someone or something substantially.
2. To apply a specified mathematical transformation to a variable, function or representation.
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Words that belong together
- transform a space
- transform an account
On the page
The renovation transformed the space without erasing its earlier proportions.
The new letter transformed the account of the decision while leaving the date unchanged.
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Word forms
- Base
- transform
- Past tense
- transformed
- Past participle
- transformed
- Present participle
- transforming
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- transform
- Present continuous
- am/is/are transforming
- Present perfect
- have/has transformed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been transforming
- Past
- transformed
- Past continuous
- was/were transforming
- Past perfect
- had transformed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been transforming
- Future
- will transform
- Future continuous
- will be transforming
- Future perfect
- will have transformed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been transforming
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: transform; transforms; transformed; transformed; transforming Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: narrative transformation, conception and possibility, memory representation, anticipatory detail. Disciplines: literary writing, advanced general English, narrative analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: transforms.
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