transform
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
subject to a mathematical transformation
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- transformation derivation
Sense 2 verb
change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
This experience transformed her completely
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- transubstantiate hyponym
- sorcerize hyponym
- stalinize hyponym
- destalinize hyponym
- work on hyponym
Related & opposite
- translation derivation
- transmutation derivation
Sense 3 verb
change in outward structure or looks
He transformed into a monster
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
change from one form or medium into another
Braque translated collage into oil
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- metricize hyponym
- diagonalize hyponym
Related & opposite
- translation derivation
Sense 5 verb
convert (one form of energy) to another
transform energy to light
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- physics domain topic
Sense 6 verb
change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- transformation derivation
- biology domain topic
Sense 7 verb
increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- transformer derivation
- physics domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | transformation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | translation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | transmutation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | transubstantiate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sorcerize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stalinize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | destalinize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | work on |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | aurify |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | become |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | translation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | metricize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | diagonalize |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | transformation |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | transformer |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |