transforms

verb

present tense third-person singular of transform
as in converts
to change in form, appearance, or use by clicking a few buttons, this toy car can be transformed into a robot

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Recent Examples of transforms At night, the theater transforms into a nightclub featuring various DJs. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Instead of buying one bag, a luxury shopper might buy three to four pairs of shoes, which transforms their outfit four times over. — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026 This transforms opportunity intelligence from an idea into an operating capability. — Adam Feiner, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The multi-angle layout transforms the pouch from a passive storage bag into an active, vertical tool board. — New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026 In the world of Dune, the suit transforms the sweat into drinking water; but in the Mexican desert, the sweat just pools, sticks to my skin and runs down my arms. — Kyle MacLachlan, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026 The story follows a Chinese chef in a fictional Middle Eastern city who transforms his restaurant into a sanctuary for local orphans and civilians amid regional armed conflict. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026 Critically, the marketplace also transforms allied commercial factories into a ready weapons production network the moment it is needed. — Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026 For this collaboration, Bennett transforms the Boston clog, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, into a tactile statement piece. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transforms
  1. converts
  2. transfigures
  3. transmutes
  4. replaces
Verb
  • The system generates electrical power and converts it into a highly concentrated beam.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Denying the incident or moving to an offensive posture converts a complaint about a product into a statement about character—and that’s much harder to walk back.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of converts
Verb
  • But the filmmaker’s imagination transfigures personal history into something not of this world, wholly original, and uniquely demented.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • Henrot transfigures her erotic source material into something else.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Definition of transfigures
Verb
  • The most obvious general interpretation of Buffy’s project is that the show transmutes real teenage anxieties into monsters; every villain is a metaphor.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
  • And the recognition that is born from taking the time to share and unpack and just see each other in your grief is the thing that actually transforms and transmutes.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2026
Definition of transmutes
Verb
  • These days the technology for a central rear-view camera that replaces the mirror is proven and robust, happily.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The new restaurant replaces the former Dutch’s Burrito Bar space on South University Drive.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of replaces

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“Transforms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transforms. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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