to transform
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3.7
- verb
- /trænsˈfɔrm/
:
convertir
- Energy is never created or destroyed, just transformed.
- transform energy
The energy that you have slowly transforms itself into potential power.
- The energy that you have slowly transforms itself into potential power.
Examples
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The text-to-speech program transforms the user's text into speech that is read aloud by a customizable avatar.
Academic text (2013) -
Solar panels can transform sunlight into electricity effectively.
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How could I pass up the opportunity to transform the energy industry?
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Energy can be transformed into light, heat or mass.
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The energy that you have slowly transforms itself into potential power.
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Using this knowledge in new plants, our present ability to transform coal into synthetic gas or oil will be greatly expanded.
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Acoustic energy is picked up by the microphone, transformed into an electric signal, and amplified.
Academic text (1998) -
The organisms that transform energy in nature are the decomposers, the fungi, the bacteria.
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The chemical reaction will transform the energy stored in food into usable fuel for the body.
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During photosynthesis, plants transform solar energy into chemical energy.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To make something or someone different
∞
1.0
Change into something different
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2.2
To change into something different or make something change
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2.9
Change something from one form to another
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3.8
To change from one state or activity to another
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3.7
Change something so it works in a different system
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7.5
To change something into a different form or material
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9.8
To change energy or signals into a different form, for example sound into electrical signals
To change from one form or state to another and then back again
Change something into a different form or nature
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transform comes from trans- 'across' and form 'shape'. So when we say a generator transforms energy, we mean it changes energy from one kind into another, for example mechanical into electrical.