0 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.
1 to change completely the appearance or character of something or someone:
Computers have transformed the way work is done.
Salinas dramatically transformed the country’s economy.
2 to change completely the character or appearance of something in order to improve it:
Smart metropolitan developments have transformed former industrial areas in cities such as Birmingham and Manchester.
Social and political changes are transforming the way people think about social, economic, and environmental problems.
transform sth/yourself into sth Her strategic vision transformed an unglamourous supermarket chain into a retail giant with sales of £46 bn.
be transformed into/by/from sth Entire apartment blocks are being transformed into subsidised accommodation for young people.
transform a company/business/organization Performance incentives transformed the organization and its culture.
transform a country/market(place)/product Market reforms have helped to transform China into one of the great centres of globalization.
3 to change the physical or chemical properties of a substance in order to make something else:
The new haircut completely transformed her.
The discovery of anaesthesia transformed medical surgery.
Since getting that job, he has been a transformed character.
Subjecting "force" and "attraction" to rigorous mathematical treatment does not entail that "force" and "attraction" are transformed into pure mathematical concepts without any physical meaning.
The "second-stage filter" has a larger receptive field than the "first-stage filters," and sums the nonlinearly transformed outputs of the first-stage filters.
The advent of the gramophone transformed the cultural conditions of contemporary music, including the way it was taught.
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